126 WILD LIFE IN NORTH CANARA. 



not only found it necessary to lie flat 

 on his face, but had his legs firmly held 

 while he looked over the edge. A good- 

 sized fragment thrown from the summit 

 dwindles to a speck, and finally dis- 

 appears before it reaches the base ; and 

 to any one looking upward from the 

 pools below, men seem like crows upon 

 the top. 



When the river is low, it is possible 

 by throwing temporary plank bridges 

 from rock to rock, to reach a ledge of 

 bare rock which projects about ten feet 

 beyond the face of the precipice, mid- 

 way between the " Dame Blanche " and 

 the " Roarer." Crawling out upon this 

 rugged projection, with nothing but the 

 sky above and the abyss below, the 

 deafening roar of waters in the ears, 



