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  NOTES 
  AND 
  DIAGRAMS 
  ILLUSTRATIVE 
  OF 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  position 
  surveyed, 
  was 
  at 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  dwelling 
  of 
  Mr 
  

   David 
  Dunn. 
  The 
  destruction 
  here 
  was 
  terrible 
  indeed. 
  The 
  dwel- 
  

   linghouse 
  had 
  been 
  unroofed, 
  and 
  otherwise 
  severely 
  injured. 
  A 
  large 
  

   barn 
  and 
  stable 
  had 
  been 
  torn 
  down, 
  the 
  outhouses 
  prostrated, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  

   trees 
  around 
  the 
  dwelling 
  uprooted 
  or 
  broken 
  to 
  pieces. 
  The 
  storm 
  had 
  

   passed 
  from 
  an 
  adjacent 
  wood, 
  about 
  one-sixteenth 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  

   west. 
  All 
  this 
  destruction 
  had 
  been 
  accomplished 
  and 
  an 
  entire 
  calm 
  

   taken 
  place, 
  in 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  Mr 
  Dunn 
  ran 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  to 
  the 
  back 
  

   door 
  of 
  his 
  dwelling, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  thirty 
  feet. 
  This 
  excessive 
  

   rapidity 
  of 
  motion 
  was 
  no 
  doubt 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  causes 
  why 
  lives 
  were 
  not 
  

   lost, 
  in 
  vain 
  attempts 
  to 
  escape 
  from 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  storm. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Dunn 
  received 
  us 
  with 
  great 
  kindness, 
  and 
  gave 
  every 
  information 
  

   in 
  his 
  power 
  without 
  expressing 
  weariness 
  at 
  our 
  curiosity. 
  Indeed 
  it 
  

   is 
  but 
  justice 
  to 
  say 
  here 
  that 
  we 
  met 
  with 
  uniform 
  courtesy 
  and 
  

   kindness, 
  along 
  the 
  whole 
  route 
  of 
  our 
  inquiry, 
  and 
  experienced 
  no 
  

   case 
  where 
  those 
  whom 
  we 
  addressed 
  were 
  unwilling 
  even 
  to 
  leave 
  

   their 
  work, 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  to 
  us 
  matters 
  worthy 
  of 
  attention. 
  For 
  this 
  

   attention 
  we 
  beg 
  leave 
  thus 
  publicly 
  to 
  return 
  our 
  thanks. 
  

  

  A 
  general 
  glance 
  at 
  sketch 
  figure 
  6 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  trees 
  

   near 
  the 
  house 
  were 
  thrown 
  inwards. 
  No 
  case 
  occurs 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   trees 
  are 
  thrown 
  outwards 
  from 
  the 
  house. 
  Many, 
  however, 
  further 
  

   to 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  

   sketch, 
  were 
  carried 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  storm. 
  A 
  closer 
  examina- 
  

   tion 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  show 
  several 
  interesting 
  particulars. 
  

  

  Of 
  twelve 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  row 
  A 
  B, 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  from 
  the 
  dwelling, 
  

   all 
  but 
  three 
  were 
  injured, 
  and 
  generally 
  uprooted. 
  The 
  three 
  not 
  

   injured 
  were 
  young 
  black 
  cherry 
  trees, 
  two 
  were 
  of 
  "medium 
  size," 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  quite 
  small. 
  Six 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  thrown 
  between 
  

   N. 
  4i° 
  W., 
  and 
  N. 
  W., 
  or 
  towards 
  the 
  approaching 
  spout. 
  Three 
  were 
  

   thrown 
  towards 
  the 
  house, 
  namely, 
  the 
  one 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  

   two 
  furthest 
  from 
  it 
  : 
  all 
  these 
  are 
  large 
  trees. 
  Of 
  the 
  trees 
  around 
  

   the 
  house, 
  all 
  those 
  uprooted 
  or 
  broken, 
  except 
  q 
  and 
  k, 
  point 
  towards 
  

   the 
  house, 
  and 
  these 
  were 
  evidently 
  caught 
  by 
  the 
  trees 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  

   them, 
  s' 
  presents 
  a 
  curious 
  case: 
  the 
  tree 
  was 
  broken 
  off. 
  and 
  the 
  

   fragment 
  carried 
  towards 
  the 
  west 
  ; 
  then, 
  by 
  a 
  subsequent 
  force, 
  laid 
  

   in 
  the 
  position 
  s\ 
  E 
  7^° 
  S. 
  The 
  tops 
  of 
  m, 
  n 
  and 
  w 
  were 
  lying 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  in 
  a 
  heap, 
  and 
  the 
  limbs 
  from 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  this 
  group, 
  together 
  

  

  