and the Mudhimps of the Mississippi. 365 



concentric cic\ a^'-c^;, whicli a clo<30 inspection shows to exist on 

 almost ill lunip^ not too fir achaiiced towarcK decupitude 

 M'in\ island" cxlnljit '-c\eril such ouitcib and s\bteins ol 

 cn%a>>se>,, indicating, piobabh, the picvion-i existence of cont- 

 sometimes se^ eial hundred ftet in di imetei, ^ieat]\ excttdni^ 

 the Ingest now in a •^titeof actuitv, both m dianietei and 

 cnLinil lieiffht 



Dcp filiation and Disappparatice oj Lumps — The dncct action 

 I 'ill \\i\c- nna listed b\ itniospheric agenciCb, plO(hlce>^ hut 

 'i t. I. Ill a upon the Mchhng, but tough and coheient matenal 

 th ( Mie-. Tlie heaviest })ieikei> and loUcr- spend their 

 l"ic( Ui HI lo-iiustllu (In siioaK ^vlll(h lendei nnM of the 

 lui.ip^M) hlhcult of K((s. Theunwux v ill often be t(nipt 

 e<ll)N tlu du(ptu( lo k hhe aspcctof thiMn.t.nil to )nnip 

 I'ltntlie -hdlow V (tu and wade a>hoit hut i plunge knee 

 ' 1 li > tli< 11 ])ncnt solid will ficquenth icw ad 1 is tement> 

 lu 1^ this mi--. A\hich sliows plamh tlie peculiai, 



ng o\ci it pioduce but I 



^ ^ -) with the poition that piojLcl- ibm 

 'iiuilv exposed to i unoun-hiuc and ' 

 ^^ 1 'idh \\heie the matenal i- c1i\l\ tli< 

 iKd ^oon ptoducc a change in wh'ch tlx -ti 

 lI'^ 1> dcontolooieij chaiacteis of tht oii^i 

 [(>till\ obhteiated A lam falling upon i fit 

 J'lttei (-1U,,, jf tosuell, then, upon cxpo-n 

 ;^iH comiact into pusmitie cleavage foim- 

 t'^( ^pia\ Itself w 11 then cau-e the extiune - 

 int:>, md paitnlh fill up, the eiacks \i 

 consequent upon a thorough ^^ettmg b> , iri>- 

 will force them to open stdl moie, whdi ^^ 

 mud follow each letuing ^m^c which pci 

 ^P^ and left higii and ih\ in the ci ick- i 

 ''l>elh, entiieh ioiei_n t^) tlu ninrl un.u niu<l 



tliede-cuiItioii^^^iJui oi"t'lu i'ni-''ort'i in'i. 



