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either of them. Cross over to the American side, and 

 there you 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 saun- 

 tering 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 numbers 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 American 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 found that she was from the city of 

 Albany. The more I looked at the fair Albanese, the 

 more I was convinced, that in the United States of America 

 may be found grace and beauty and symmetry equal to 

 anything in the old world. 



