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BELOW NIAGARA 



A GREAT confusion of gigantic rocks tossed and piled 

 promiscuously together can scarcely be designated 

 44 flats," and the modern name <4 Niagara Glen " 

 seems more appropriate for this fascinating touch of 

 nature's hand than the local name " Foster's Flats/' 

 In cutting the deep channel from Queenston to the 

 present site of the falls the waters of Niagara have 

 sported and gambolled in wild caprices, and below 

 the present whirlpool on the Canadian side they have 

 left most delightful mementoes of their savage joy* 

 With ceaseless rush and roar they tore away the lower 

 strata of the rocks, while one by one the great irregular 

 masses of the higher levels broke away with their own 

 weight and settled into the loud, foaming current* 

 Here at one time there was the cataract, its ceaseless 

 strength concentrated on the widening gorge* After 

 it had worked its way backward there was a magni- 

 ficent whirlpool, and this made for itself a deeper 

 channel on the eastern side, leaving the great abraded 

 masses of rock on the sloping, shelving ledges where 

 they fell* Then in her tireless energy nature set to 

 work to cover the irregular rocks with verdure, 

 choosing many of her most daintily appropriate 



