also furnished by the tributaries of
Otter Creek, which come down from the mountain on the east. The
first in order from the south is Leicester River, which issues from
Lake Dunmore, runs through Salisbury village, and five or six
miles from the lake empties into the creek in Leicester. From the
lake to the foot of the falls below the village, about a mile and a
half, is a fall of 150 or 200 feet, available for mills, almost the
whole distance. The stream, although not large, has some advan-
tages peculiar to itself. The water, like that of the lake, from which
it issues is very -pure, and being furnished by springs under the
lake or in its neighborhood, is so warm, that it does not freeze in
winter, and obstruct the wheels by ice, as issaw mill, trip
hammer shop and a woollen factory. Lnmediately below this,
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with a fall of 25 or 30 feet is a grist mill, and immediately below
the last mentioned, with a fall of 20 feet is a saw mill, and below
this at the bottom of the descent, is a fall of seven or eight feet, on
which a forge formerly stood, but is not now in operation.
JMiddlebury River rises in the mountain east of Middlebury, in
two branches ; the principal of which rises within the limits of
Hancock. These unite in Ripton, and the stream descending the
west slope of the mountain, empties into the creek near the south
line of Middlebury. At the village of East Middlebury, at the
foot of the mountain, is a series of falls, which furnish