60 FALLS OF NIAGARA. 



remarkable object regarding which previous 

 accounts have given rise to unbounded expec 

 tations. No doubt the whole body of a mighty 

 river falling precipitously from a height so great 

 as 150 feet or more, is an object of true sublimity, 

 but I now found that even of such an object 

 exaggerated ideas may be preconceived ; and 

 although the scenery connected with the Falls 

 has been justly represented as extremely fine, 

 I was unable to elevate my notions of it greatly 

 above the recollection I had of scenery in some 

 parts of the Highlands of Scotland. In a word, 

 I left the renowned Falls of Niagara with an 

 image of them on my mind much less magni 

 ficent than what had been impressed upon it 

 before I saw them. 



To Lewiston I proceeded by the railway, 

 and from thence by a steamer down the river 

 to Niagara, whence I crossed Lake Ontario to 

 Toronto. 



