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veil through which glimpses of the cliff behind may be 

 caught. The fall is symmetrical in outline, and possesses 

 a regularity and perfectness not found in any of the- 

 other cascades of the region. Before leaving, come up 

 close to the fall, no matter if it may sprinkle you a little, 

 and stand quiet a moment till the spell of the silent 

 water falling from its majestic height comes over you, 

 as it surely will. The feeling is indescribable. If you 

 please you can now retrace your steps a little way down 

 the glen and find a pathway leading up the opposite 

 side from that on which you descended. It is steep, 

 arduous, and the steps are many before the top is reached. 

 But it is worth while to make the effort to climb out. on 

 one side or the other, for otherwise some of the finest 

 views would be missed. Let us go back this time to the 

 little hotel whence we started, in order that our ex- 

 ploration may have some continuity. From the hotel 

 we can now see more than we could before, and can 

 better appreciate the scene. Calling on the imagination 

 for a little aid, perhaps you will be able to make out 

 the figure of "The Maid of the Mist," sitting pensively 

 behind the fall, her head turned from it and bent down 

 as though in deep thought. Beyond the hotel, we 

 must follow the road for some little distance, occasionally 

 turning aside to the brink of the ravine to catch the 

 changing views, until presently a somewhat dilapidated 

 booth with a still more dilapidated turnstile on one cor- 

 ner, marks for you the beginning of the path that will 

 lead you to the bed of the creek above the fall. Al- 

 though you are only going above the fall, still the 



