Account of a Water Sjtotit, yt 



ts about four miles in lengtli, from north to foutU, and front- 

 half a mile to a mile in width from call to vrcft. This phe- 

 liomenon, which was feen at the diftance of eight or ten 

 miles, took place in the month of Aiigufl, 1797. The day 

 was clear and calm, and tlie pond very fmooth, previous to its; 

 beginning. Its fi'rll appearance was about two of the clock in- 

 the afternoon. A.roughncfs of the. water was noticed near the 

 eafl fliore of the pond, and very foon the water • began to riie 

 in form of a pyramid of cone, to appearance, about forty feet 

 in height "; thence it arofe perpendicularly in a cylindrical 

 form, in a very fliort time, and apparently, to the height of a 

 cloud, which at the fame time was rifmg from the weft. Tha 

 cloud, at this time, appeared to be low, and'tlie front or fore- 

 mpfl part was projected nearly in. a perpendicular diredion^ 

 toward the head of the water Ipout. The column of water, 

 ilill increafing in height, at length formed a curve near the 

 top, to meet the cloud, and quickly united with it ; at this 

 time the cloud appeared to tliickcn arid turn dark. The cone 

 of water*' appeared at bottom, about two rods in diameter, 



and at about forty feet in height ; it appeared to be abo 

 three or four feet in diameter ; thence, of the fame bignefs, to 

 the cloud, and all appeared very black. This cone was fur- 

 rounded with a mift or fpray of water, of about twenty rods 

 ia diameter at bottom, and in the fame conic form, to the- 



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height of about thirty or forty feet. 



In about ten minutes after it had united with the cloud, the 

 bottom of the fpout feparated from the pond, fo that the; 



bfervers could fee under it, and as foon as it had thus feparat 



ed 



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