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ween Buffalo and the Canada side, and formed a dam which 



kept back the waters of Lake Erie a whole day.'' One of the 



local papers noticing his lordship's lecture spoke of the statement 



concerning the Falls as " rather fishy." The lecturer then sent 



to the sceptical editor declarations from several gentleman all 

 corroborating hi? statement. 



The Hon. L. F. Allen of Buffalo declared : " I well recollect it, 

 although I have no precise date as to the month or year in which 

 it occurred. It was so remarkable as to be noticed in Buffalo 

 newspapers. Nor do I recollect whether the subsidence of the 

 river waters was caused by a dam of ice at the outlet of Lake 

 Erie or by a strong east wind, which sometimes, by blowing the 

 water up the lake, makes very low water in the river for many 

 4iours. 



Two other witnesses made the following statutory declarations y 

 (the laws of Ont£>rio forbid taking oath in such cases). 



County of Welland, to wit : I, Henry Bond, of the Village of Chippewa, 



in the Coimty of Welland, blacksmith, do solemnly declare that I well 



remember the occurrence of there having been a day during which so 



little water was running in the Niagara Eiver that but a small stream 



was flowing over the Falls of Niagara during that day. It happened 



on or about the 31st day of March, A. D. 1848. 



Henry Bond. 



Declared before me, at Chippewa, in the County of Welland, this; 



] 7th day of May, A.D. 1880. 



J. F. Macklan, Notary Public, 



County of Welland, to u-it: I, James Francis Macklan, of the Village 

 of Chippewa, in the County of Welland, Province of Ontario, notary 

 public and Justice of the Peace, do solemly declare that about the 

 :31st day of March, A. D. 1848, the waters of the Niagara River were 

 so low that comparatively little was flowing over the Falls for a 

 whole day. '' The phenomenon of the Falls of Niagara running dry,'^ 

 as was the term used in speaking of the occurrence, caused great ex- 

 citement in the neighbourhood at the time. 



J. F. Macklan, 

 Notary Public and Ju.sticc Peace for County of Welland.^ 



Chippewa. May 17, 1880. 



Publislicd 30th April, 1881. 



