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for me to enlarge on the subject. I prefer to endorse 

 the graphic description given by Charles Dickens in 

 his American Notes, We were the sole occupants 

 of the hotel, and after many terribly late nights we 

 got to bed in decent time, the roar of the cataract 

 just outside our windows bringing the last day of 

 the year to a soothing termination. 



On Sunday, January i, 1888, after breakfast, 

 the Chief, Bergne, and I drove out in a sleigh, 

 attended by Captain Hinde, to " do the Falls." 

 First we went and gazed at them from the American 

 side ; then we crossed over by the Suspension 

 Bridge to the Canadian side, and went to an establish- 

 ment where yellow tarpaulin outfits were provided 

 for those who were bold enough to venture under 

 the Falls. 



We all felt it to be a solemn duty that it behoved 

 us to undertake whether we liked it or not ; moreover 

 the Hebrew proprietor of the garments impressed 

 upon us that we could not possibly form any adequate 

 conception of " de height of de Falls " uhless we 

 donned his attire and went '' down under.'' So 

 we resolved to do so. I shall never forget the scene 

 in the " green room," and the back view of Mr. 

 Chamberlain when he got into those tarpaulin 

 overalls. I don't know whether they were stock 



