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the Chenoo’s invitation to yisit him, until my return. On 
the farthest end of the banza we unexpectedly saw the fall 
almost under our feet, and were not less surprised than dis- 
appointed at finding, instead of a second Niagara, which the 
description of the natives, and their horror of it had given us 
reason to expect, a comparative brook bubbling over its 
stony bed. Halting the people, who complained of fatigue, 
I went with the gentlemen to examine it more closely, and 
found that what the road wanted in distance, which was not 
a mile from the banza, it abundantly made up in difficulty, 
having one enormous hill to descend and a lesser one to 
climb, to reach the precipice which overhangs the river. 
The south side of the river is here a vast hill of bare rock 
(sienite), and the north a lower but more precipitous hill 
of the same substance, between which two the river has 
forced its course; butin the middle an island of slate still 
defies its power, and breaks the current into two narrow 
channels ; that near the south side gives vent to the great 
mass of the river, but is obstructed by rocks above and 
under water, over which the torrent rushes with great fury 
and noise, as may easily be conceived. The channel on 
the north side is now nearly dry, and is composed of great 
masses of slate, with perpendicular fissures. The highest part 
of the island is 15 feet above the present level, but from the 
