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that it mud have far exceeded any Thunder-fhowcr 
that we have ever feen. Mod probably it was a 
Spout or large Body of Water, which, by the Rare- 
faction of the Air, occafioned by that incedant 
Lightning, broke all at once upon the Tops of thefe 
Mountains, and fo came down in a Sheet of Water 
upon the Valley below. 
This little Valley of St. John s lies Eaft and Wed, 
extending about three Miles in Length, and half a 
Mile broaJ, doled in on the South and North Sides, 
with prodigious high, deep, rocky Mountains : Thofe 
on the North Side, called Lcgburthet Fells , had 
almod the Whole of this Catarad ; for I do not find 
that any remarkable Quantity of Water was obferved 
from thofe on the South, notwithdanding the Didance 
from the Tops on each Side cannot be a Mile. It 
appears likewife, that this vad Spout did not extend 
above a Mile in Length; for it had Effed only upon 
four fmall Brooks, which come trickling down from 
the Sides of the rocky Mountains. But no Perfon, 
that docs not fee it, can form any Idea of the 
ruinous Work occafioned by thefe Rivulets at that 
time, and (what feems almod incredible) in the 
Space of an Hour and half. At the Bottom of 
Catcheety Gill, which is the Name of the greated, 
dood a Mill and a Kiln, which were entirely fwept 
away, in five Minutes time, and the Place where 
they formerly dood, now covered with huge Rocks, 
and Rubbifh, 3 or 4 Yards deep. One of the Mill- 
dones cannot be found, being covered, as is fuppofed, 
in the Bottom of this Heap of Rubbifh. 
In the Violence of the Storm, the Mountain has 
tumbled fo fad down as to choak up the old Courfe 
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