Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-08-07
For the Rutland Herald
EFFECTS OF THE ACTION OF WATER
UPON THE EARTH


The effects produced by the action Of water upon
he earth, daily perceived by tho most natientivs
observer A striking instance Of this may be seen in
The formation Of those auvia deposiles called inter-
vals or meadows Il is well known that great album
dance Of rain falls upon mountains The water coeo
ted IN these elevated portions Of the earth descends 10
he plains n brooks. convey ng vast quantities Of earth
mixed with small stones and sand The sand and peb-
bles IN their course continually acting upon the
sides and bottom Of The brooks undermining large
stones and rocks winch precptated into the stream
The stream IL thus obstrneted in It's course by these
rocks its current changed and channel formed,
from which an additional quantity Of earth Is removed
The earth thus conveyed from the mountains and hills
8. deposited in the plains below
The River Nile by Of its yearly foundations
Geposites quantities Of this earth upon its banks
by which they are rendered very fruitful. Great
change. produced the mouths Of rivers, by the
d.poste Of this earthly matter An example Of the
filing ~ of the mouth Of by this means, may
b. seen in III. river Pc Since the twelfth century such
vast quantities Of asyisl matter has been deposed Al
the mouth Of this river that the city Of hdra which
was then only si1 miles from the shore, is now
twenty mile. distant The Missssppi river j. 50 filed
no n is mouth in this manner that the city Of New
Orleans which Is AZ distance from its mouth,
. much lower than tie river. These sccumulauoBs al
the mouths Of rvers are called pcllas II has been
found iha, the depesites in Lake Geneva from the
Rhone are eight hundred feet IN thickness
which accumulation must have taken place within the
i.s eight hundred years The Rhone Ass deposited
such large quantities Of sediment, where it empes in
10 The sea that places which ports one thou
Fsnd years ago, are siI miles from the sea The
Delta Of the Ganres two or three hundred
miles from the Bay Of Bengal, where 3, emPues
Besides the changes produced by The acuon Of 'he
wafer Of MYERS, the is continually making nroad'
upon The land The effects Of the aTf 50 gres, on
te eastern eoast Il England, tia, high cliffs, ard IA
come instances whole villages have been undermined
aud washed away Ia cold climates, water produces
elest changes, W freezing 1t Is well known ths, Wa
ser expands on being frozen Whea water ends IL
way to lie 6siure q rocks, ind converted TO ice d
sTeris very great expansive force, throwing hag'
.ocas from their beds and ocntimcs large portion o.
smeuttsin slides dovn into The valley below a. ti
way The sliding down Of these Immense masses q
.now and ice on the Alps. explained
Besides tls effect Of oauses nov 20 operation, ve 81
ths effects Of hat long ego ceased 10 q
n Dig beneath tie surface of us earth, 10 a.
moe, every place ild pebbles Sad also stones an
loeks Of eons.dsrsb.s TLsse are suooihe an
rousd lac those seen on tie surface The qaesuo
nos arises. nov came iley % be barred a. great
eegih is there any cause uoN ia operation, iha
would occasion liis' There are slso found In some q
"a. plaza, q EaEsnd. booitsrs Of granite which 81
pear O. have been transported foa TIE He0n.a.as Al
ssasderssls distance iiosa these plans
Thess effss,c rocks iouod in TaaHy places 10 ID
seuAty C0a.slesk states that there u large l'ee
= granite lat LYME Con. ~h'eh e ef'l'nsisa !
weigh nsaily fouf hssdfsd tons. Ihs block aPPss'
10 have besa Hshsfariso rem a smaA granite b.
tsegiiso misss distant De Ia Beehs tals ia
Ffshaf.s ibu bod r ussF kas proceeded iFo'