Account of a Remarkable Storm. 125 
ACCOUNT OF A STORM, &c. 
In several places in the mountainous country of New- 
England, it has been supposed by many of the inhabitants, 
that clouds have in various instances burst, or suddenly dis- 
charged great quantities of water. As the phenomena in- 
dicated by this phraseology have, in almost all instances, in 
which they have occurred, in that section of the country, 
existed in thinly settled regions, or in the night, in conse- 
quence of which the accounts given of them are imperfect ; 
I suppose that it may be gratifying to some of your readers, 
to see a detailed account of the storm, which occurred 
here. 
This storm exhibited phenomena analagous to those, 
which have occurred from what is called the bursting of a. 
cloud, and in some respects more remarkable than any, of 
which I have heard. 
To render the description more intelligible, a few ex- 
planatory observations may be useful. 
The township of Catskill is situated on the West side of 
the Hudson, and is bounded on the East by that river; on 
the North by the township of Athens; on the West by Cai- 
ro ; and on the South by Saugerties. The town is estima- 
ted to be about one hundred and twenty miles north from the 
city of New-York. Three rivers, or creeks, as they are 
here customarily called, have their courses in part, through 
this township ; the Kistatom, the Kaaterskill, and the Cats- 
kill. ‘The Kiskatom rises, if I am correctly informed, be- 
tween the Catskill mountains and the Round Top,* a 
mountain in Cairo; and runs aboutfive miles in the township 
of Catskill, and empties into the Kaaterskill. The Kaat- 
erskill is a fine mill stream, which rises in the Catskill 
mountains, and empties into the Catskill, about two miles 
from the mouth of the latter stream. 
The Catskill, which I shall usually denominate the Creek, 
rises in Middleburgh, in Scoharie County, and empties af- 
tera course of about forty miles, into the Hudson. The 
Catskill mountains lie westward from the town, and are dis- 
tant from it in their nearest part, about seven or eight miles. 
The town is situated along the creek, and commences at 
* The highest peak of the Catskill mountains is also called Round Top. 
