“Observations on the south side of Ontario Valley. 21% 
Suppesed section of the American shore, between Lake Erie 
and Lewiston 
at This section, designed to 
S33 give some idea of the strata on 
the American side of the Nia- 
gara, is nearly a copy of one 
sent to the late Professor Bar- 
ton in 1813, and since returned 
pleased to see one so nearly 
the same, sketched by Profes- 
sor Eaton. 7 
South of the 12 mile creek 
valley, (down which it is de- 
signed to lead the Welland ca- 
nal,) the great stratum of shell 
lime appears to have sunk to a 
level, we know not how low. 
By examinations made, it is 
ascertained, that at the dey 
of 8 feet lower than the level 
of the surface of the deep wa- 
ter above the ila not a stone 
exists. The fi the rock 
may be as pies as i bottom of 
the Chippewa, (here 
deep) and the flow of the water 
threugh said canal, becoming 
Niagara Falls, as the Fairha- 
Falls, on the Poultney riv- 
er, have been destroyed, by 
ion 
rocks here re never more 
to be wet but ce 3 the droppings 
of Heaven. In one night, one 
said, he stream to 
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Cayuga Cresk —2 Tonareon Cr—3. Buffaloe Cr. . 
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