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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836. Excerpt: ... A description. CHAPTER II. THE INUNDATION. Thou didst blow with thy wind; the sea covered them. They sank as lead in the mighty waters. From the 15th of Exodut. " New Haven river," said Mr. Colchester, entering upon the description with the ease and fluency of one accustomed to communicate his thoughts to others, " New Haven river has its source among the mountains of Bristol and Lincoln. Its course, for a while, is precipitous and rapid, leaping down rocky shelves, and roaring amid the wild solitudes through which it passes, till at length, emerging from the mountains, it winds with a swift current through an open country. At New Haven West Mills, or Beman Hollow, the tract of interval land through which the stream passes is narrowed, and the stream itself is hemmed in by precipitous banks, and ranges of hills on either side, forming, as one would think, an impassable barrier against the swelling waters, until they are lost in Otter creek, about a mile below this point. " At Beman Hollow, a little hamlet had been gradually formed, from the advantages the place afforded for establishing mills and manufactories. Some of the houses were built near the margin of the river; others, more remote, on the sloping sides of the hill. " On the 26th of, the stream, in consequence of heavy rains, had risen unusually high, so that some of the inhabitants in the neighbourhood became alarmed, and left their dwellings. Those, however, who lived farther back Preparation for death. Scene in Beman Hollow. from the stream were free from all apprehensions of evil, and retired to their rest, that evening, with a feeling of perfect security. " How true it is, that every night when we lay our head upon our pillow, we ought to be prepared to awake in eternity! If it were consisten...