Whirlpool and Rapids below the Falls of Niagara 



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able to add any thing to the interest which will ever be felt by 

 those who visit the falls, and its vicinity, my labor will not be 

 altogether in vain. 



Fig. 1. 



A Birds-eye View, or Map of the Ravine from the Falls of Niagara to the Whirlpool. 



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a 



K. Canada— U. United Slates.— The dotted lines represent the outline of the 

 ancient vallev, parilv filled with drift, H — F. Ravine.— C. Whirlpool.— B. hum- 

 mer-house.—" D, E. (^uartzose rock seen below the surface of the water. 



Having made several visits to the whirlpool, taking sketches 



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desirable 



increased 



«»»*» my «umu««u« «. A general idea of its situa- 

 tion may be had bv reference to the drawing, fig. I , giving a birds- 

 eye view of the country from the falls to the whiripool, a distance 

 of three miles. Perhaps I shall make myself better understood 

 by giving a description of the ravine from A to B. 1 he width 

 of the river at the ferry is about eleven hundred and forty feet 

 The height of the rocks, one hundred and eighty ieet. n 

 the verge of the precipice, a little below the American talis, 

 there is a path which leads directly to the Summer-house, 13, 

 situated immediately above the whirlpool; this path continues 

 close to the edge of the precipice. About half a mi e down we 

 come to the 'cave' before alluded to— a bare rock on winch 

 nothing grows-^ place of deep interest to the traveller as he 

 stands upon this ancient bed of a former lateral torrent. 



The river below the falls moves majestically along Without a 

 ripple, having the appearance of dark bottle-green marble, varying 





