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the Portage gorge. At first there was probably but one fall, but, 
owing to the variation in the hardness of the strata, which wore 
away unevenly, the original fall began to split into two and then 
into three falls, and these are still changing their relative 
positions. 
Leaving this interesting spot and continuing along the path which 
skirts the gorge, a walk of about one and a half miles brings us 
to the plateau above the lower fall. From this place a series of 
stairs and galleries descend to the bottom of the gorge, and bring 
us into a magnificent strip of old timber, consisting of large tulip- 
one side is a tall cliff, now clothed with verdure, and on the other 
the raging waters of the river, two obstacles which the lumber- 
man could not surmount, and so we have left to us a remnant 
and a reminder of what this whole region once was 
Passing through this strip of forest by a delightful woodland 
path, we suddenly emerge upon the brink of the chasm through 
which rush the waters of the lower fall. The view here pre- 
sented of this fall is that which one sees from the upper end of 
Table Rock, displaying both cascades. Here is demonstrated the 
manner in which the three falls have separated, for you see the 
first step of the process, the breaking up of the lower fall into 
two cascades. In time these will separate more and more, and 
there will be four falls instead of three. 
Two of the most interesting features of the lower fall region 
are Table Rock and Cathedral Rock, shown in the accompany- 
ing illustration. Many years ago Professor Hall said of Table 
ck: ‘The table above, which was formerly the bed of the 
river, will in a few years become covered with soil and vegeta- 
tion ; strong grass and willows will have taken root in the fissures, 
and these collecting about them a little earth, giving a soil for 
the support of other plants, the evidence of its original condition 
will be lost. A century hence, some incredulous observer may 
stand on the edge of Table Rock, then covered with shrubs and 
trees, and deny that the insignificant stream flowing in its bed 
