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the rock, the earth was pushed up in a heap, so as to rise 

 above the water, dechning however at the distance of a 

 few inches, obliquely and pretty rapidly. Not far from 

 this rock, we saw another much less, attended by the same 

 phenomena, except that they were diminished in propor- 

 tion to its size. The whole appearance of each was just as 

 one would expect to find, if both had actually removed 

 from their original places towards the shore, throughout 

 the length of their respective channels. How these chan- 

 nels were formed, or by what cause the earth was heaped 

 up in front of these rocks, I leave to the divination of oth- 

 ers. The facts 1 have stated, as 1 believe, exactly." 



Dr. Dwight continues, " Several years since this ac- 

 count was first written, 1 met with the following paragraph 

 in the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 

 Vol. III. p. 240. — There is a. curiosity to be seen in the 

 Long Pond in Bridgton. On the easterly side of the 

 pond, about midway, is a cove which extends about one 

 hundred rods farther east than the general course of the 

 shore — the bottom and the water so shoal, that a man may 

 wade fifty rods into the pond- On the bottom of this cove, 

 are stones of various sizes, which it is evident from visi- 

 ble circumstances, have an annual motion towards the 

 shore. The proof of this is, the mark or tracks left behind 

 them, and the bodies of clay driven up before them. — 

 Some of these are perhaps two or three tons weight, and 

 have left a' track several rods behind them, having at least 

 a common cart load of clay before them. These stones 

 are many of them covered with water at all seasons of the 

 year. The shore of this cove is lined with these stones 

 three feet deep, which it would seem, have crawled out of 

 the water. This may afford matter of speculation to the 

 natural philosopher." 



"Until 1 saw this paragraph, I did not imagine that a 

 story, such as I received at Salisbury, would ever be re- 

 peated." — Vol. III. p. 245. 



Upon the preceding statement, the English reviewer re- 

 marks : " Dr. Dwight has not stated the size of the rock 

 which is said to possess this extraordinary power of loco- 

 motion. If he had, it is possible that a story, which in an- 

 other of his journals he relates of the Oneidas, might ex- 

 plain the apparent prodigy. Those Indians regard a large 



