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up and down the river and opposite to Black Rock, 

 at no great distance from the shore, for the pur- 

 pose of raising the waters of the Niagara to such 

 a height that they might be made to supply an 

 adjoining section of the Erie Canal. This pier 

 was and is a great obstruction to the ferry-boats ; 

 for, previous to its erection, passengers embarked 

 from terra fir ma on one side of the river and 

 were landed without any difficulty on the other; 

 but after this dam was constructed it became 

 necessary to employ two sets of boats, one to 

 navigate the river, the other the basin, so that all 

 the passengers, as well as goods and luggage, had 

 to be landed upon this narrow wall and reshipped. 

 Shortly after the erection of the pier-dam, a boat 

 propelled by horses was established between this 

 pier and the Canada shore. The boat belonged 

 to persons connected with the ferry on the Ameri' 

 can side of the river; but, owing to the barrier 

 formed by the pier, the horses employed on the 

 boat were stabled at night in the village of Water- 

 loo. I well recollect the first day this boat began 

 to ply; for the introduction of a boat of that 

 description in those days, was considered an event 

 of some magnitude. The two horses (for the 

 boat had but two) worked admirably, considering 

 the very few lessons they had had previous to 

 their introduction upon the main river. One of 

 the horses employed on the new ferry-boat had 

 once been a dapple gray, but at the period I am 

 speaking of he had become white. He was still 

 hale and hearty, for he had a kind and indulgent 



