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by the sudden departure of its waters, like the Runaway Pond in Glover. The pond is properly an 

 expansion of a stream, but its terraces are much more perfect than those in the stream above or below. 



The terraces formed by the Runaway Pond in Glover are properly lake terraces, having been formed by 

 the pond, and brought to view as terraces by the bursting of the barrier 40 years ago. We give a figure* 

 (Fig. 65), to represent the former and present condition of Long Pond (as it was called) and Mud Pond. 



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Long Pond was one and a half miles long, and about half a mile wide, situated partly in Glover and partly 

 in Greensboro. At the south end the water was shoal for about five hundred yards, not being over ten or 

 twelve feet deep. It was also shallow at the edge of the whole pond, but in the middle and over the greater 

 part of the pond more than 100 feet deep. It was situated upon the height of land between the valley 

 of La Moille River on the south, and of Barton River and Lake Memphremagog on the north. The descent 

 on the south was extremely gradual. Out of a channel of a yard's width flowed a dull streamlet, through 

 trees, shrubs and rocks to the south, the only way of egress. A small inlet flowed in from the west side. 

 Upon the north side was a shore some five or six feet higher than the surface of the pond, forming a narrow 

 belt to restrain the waters within their former limits. About 200 rods north of Long Pond was Mud Pond, 

 about 200 feet lower than the former. Originally there was no communication between them, and Mud 

 Pond was the source of Barton River. It was three-fourths of a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth. 

 Its bottom was a mass of deep mud, of a rusty dark blue color. The bottom of Long Pond was covered 

 with an indurated calcareous clay, called hard pan, and varied in thickness from two to eight inches. 

 Upon this was marl and black mud, which when wet would run like water, and when dry was very light, 

 and of a blue color. This hard pan reached out from the shore into the pond, resting upon a quicksand at 

 the north end, and was the only thing that had prevented the bursting of the barrier long before. 



At the time of the inundation, the country on Barton River was mostly a wilderness. Barton River 

 descended rapidly for five miles from Mud Pond over a rough bed of sand and pebbles, and then more 

 gradually with a margin of meadow on either side to Barton. At Keene Corner, four miles from Mud Pond 

 were two mills, a saw mill and a grist mill, owned by Mr. Wilson. Three miles below Barton was a grist 

 mill owned by Mr. Blodget, and three miles farther were the mills of Mr Enos. Besides these, there were 

 a few dwelling houses upon the route of the inundation. A full account of this inundation is given by 

 Rev. S. R. Hall, in another part of this Report. 



In Williamstown, near the height of land, and within a mile and a half of the Gulf Spring are three lake 

 terraces, formed like the terraces on Long Pond by the bursting of the barrier, though the material 

 accumulated was not as great on account of the smaller size of the pond. It is called Lime Pond, on account 

 of the vast amount of marl accumulated there, and used for the manufacture of quicklime. We visited the 

 locality in 1857, and obtained various facts from Mr. Samuel Hibbard respecting the history of the rent, 

 and the value and use of the marl. 



* The figure and facts of the description were furnished by Rev. S. R. Hall. 



