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  NEW 
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  shed 
  attached 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  frame 
  barn, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  side 
  of 
  it, 
  was 
  

   moved 
  during 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  phenomenon 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  north, 
  and 
  subse- 
  

   quently 
  to 
  the 
  eastward. 
  The 
  posts 
  (see 
  b, 
  figure 
  2) 
  slipped 
  from 
  the 
  

   stones, 
  a, 
  which 
  supported 
  them, 
  when 
  the 
  building 
  was 
  first 
  acted 
  upon 
  

   by 
  the 
  storm, 
  and 
  moving 
  northward 
  and 
  westward 
  ploughed 
  a 
  furrow, 
  c, 
  

   in 
  the 
  soft 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  heaping 
  up 
  the 
  manure, 
  d, 
  before 
  them. 
  

   Afterwards, 
  being 
  moved 
  eastwardly,they 
  formed 
  another 
  furrow, 
  e, 
  and 
  a 
  

   heap 
  of 
  manure, 
  f, 
  remaining 
  in 
  the 
  position, 
  b, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  pointed 
  

   out 
  to 
  us. 
  As 
  the 
  first 
  direction 
  is 
  nearly 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   motion 
  of 
  the 
  storm, 
  the 
  building 
  being 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  its 
  axis, 
  the 
  conclu- 
  

   sion 
  is 
  irresistible 
  that 
  there 
  was, 
  on 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  the 
  storm, 
  a 
  tendency 
  

   to 
  motion 
  towards 
  it. 
  The 
  second 
  furrow 
  shows 
  a 
  motion 
  towards 
  the 
  

   receding 
  storm. 
  Why 
  this 
  building 
  moved 
  but 
  in 
  two 
  directions 
  will 
  

   appear 
  from 
  the 
  protection 
  afforded 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  east 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  barn, 
  

   the 
  strength 
  of 
  which 
  enabled 
  it 
  to 
  bear 
  the 
  tendency 
  towards 
  the 
  

   moving 
  meteor, 
  without 
  much 
  injury. 
  In 
  figure 
  3, 
  D 
  is 
  the 
  shed, 
  C 
  

   the 
  barn, 
  and 
  FG 
  the 
  probable 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  storm, 
  the 
  probable 
  

   axis 
  nearly 
  coinciding 
  with 
  that 
  line. 
  It 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  relative 
  

   positions 
  of 
  the 
  buildings 
  there 
  shown, 
  are 
  nearly 
  correct 
  ; 
  no 
  particular 
  

   pains 
  were, 
  however, 
  taken 
  on 
  this 
  score, 
  a 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  orchard 
  to 
  

   the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  being 
  the 
  main 
  object. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  this 
  orchard, 
  figure 
  3, 
  more 
  than 
  two-thirds 
  suffered 
  ; 
  

   being 
  generally 
  torn 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  roots. 
  Of 
  these 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  lying 
  

   actually 
  west 
  of 
  north, 
  and 
  seven 
  thrown 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  north 
  east 
  ; 
  

   while 
  the 
  greatest 
  amount 
  of 
  devastation 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

   meteor, 
  which 
  passed 
  over 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  orchard, 
  the 
  inclina- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  its 
  path 
  being 
  about 
  10° 
  N 
  of 
  E. 
  It 
  is 
  remarkable 
  that 
  some 
  

   small 
  trees, 
  as 
  n 
  and 
  o, 
  were 
  left 
  standing, 
  and 
  were 
  not 
  much 
  broken. 
  

   Some 
  large 
  trees, 
  as 
  between 
  s 
  and 
  g' 
  ? 
  were 
  also 
  left. 
  The 
  former 
  

   ones 
  had 
  probably 
  sufficient 
  flexibility 
  to 
  give 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  

   storm 
  without 
  breaking; 
  c', 
  b', 
  a', 
  f 
  and 
  z 
  were 
  probably 
  uprooted 
  

   on 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  the 
  storm. 
  The 
  tree 
  y 
  presents 
  a 
  curious 
  

   case 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  broken 
  into 
  three 
  parts, 
  the 
  middle 
  one 
  lies 
  north, 
  and 
  the 
  

   two 
  exterior 
  ones 
  are 
  separated 
  from 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  and 
  westward. 
  

   It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  trees 
  lying 
  perpendicularly 
  to 
  the 
  track 
  of 
  

   the 
  storm, 
  are 
  not 
  those 
  furthest 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  that 
  track. 
  

  

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