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standing, do not, I pray you, tarry long at either 

 of them. Cross over to the American side, and 

 there yon will find a spacious inn, which has 

 nearly all the attractions: there you meet with 

 great attention, and every accommodation. 



The day is passed in looking at the falls, and 

 in sauntering up and down the wooded and rocky 

 environs of the Niagara ; and the evening is often 

 enlivened by the merry dance. 



Words can hardly do justice to the unaffected 

 ease and elegance of the American ladies who 

 visit the falls of Niagara. The traveller need not 

 rove in imagination through Circassia in search 

 of fine forms, or through England, France, and 

 Spain, to meet with polished females. The num- 

 bers who are continually arriving here from all 

 parts of the Union confirm the justness of this 

 remark. 



I was looking one evening at a dance, being 

 unable to join in it on account of the accident I 

 had received near Buffalo, when a young Amer- 

 ican entered the ball-room with such a becoming 

 air and grace, that it was impossible not to have 

 been struck with her appearance. 



"Her bloom was like the springing flower 

 That sips the silver dew, 

 The rose was budded in her cheek, 

 Just opening to the view." 



I could not help feeling a wish to know where 

 she had 



"Into such beauty spread, and blown so fair." 



Upon inquiry, I foimd that she was from the city 



