﻿NIAGARA 
  FALLS 
  AND 
  VICINITY 
  IJ 
  

  

  these 
  sections, 
  as 
  trains 
  are 
  frequent, 
  and 
  rockfalls 
  from 
  the 
  cliffs 
  

   are 
  among 
  the 
  daily 
  occurrences. 
  With 
  a 
  little 
  caution 
  however 
  the 
  

   sections 
  may 
  be 
  studied 
  without 
  danger. 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  walk- 
  

   ing 
  necessary 
  from 
  Waggoner's 
  hotel 
  to 
  the 
  Devil's 
  hole 
  is 
  about 
  3 
  

   miles. 
  Near 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  section, 
  where 
  the 
  track 
  enters 
  a 
  

   rock 
  cutting, 
  a 
  steep 
  path 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  bank 
  leads 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  rocky 
  plateau, 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  walk 
  along 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  bank 
  will 
  

   bring 
  you 
  to 
  the 
  Devil's 
  hole 
  station. 
  One 
  may 
  also 
  climb 
  the 
  

   bank 
  in 
  the 
  quarry 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  section, 
  and, 
  passing 
  along 
  

   the 
  "top, 
  reach 
  the 
  Devil's 
  hole 
  station 
  by 
  crossing 
  the 
  bridge 
  over 
  

   the 
  rock-cut 
  before 
  mentioned. 
  At 
  the 
  Devil's 
  hole 
  station^ 
  one 
  

   may 
  either 
  take 
  the 
  surface 
  car, 
  which 
  runs 
  to 
  Niagara 
  falls 
  at 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  intervals 
  (5c 
  fare), 
  or, 
  by 
  paying 
  the 
  admission 
  to 
  the 
  Devil's 
  

   hole, 
  descend 
  to 
  the 
  gorge 
  road 
  and 
  continue 
  the 
  journey 
  to 
  the 
  

   falls. 
  (A 
  ticket 
  or 
  50c 
  fare 
  is 
  required 
  here.) 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  sections 
  are 
  approached 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  end, 
  the 
  Devil's 
  

   hole 
  station 
  may 
  be 
  reached 
  by 
  the 
  surface 
  electrics^ 
  or 
  the 
  visitor 
  

   may 
  leave 
  the 
  cars 
  of 
  the 
  g'orge 
  road 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  Devil's 
  hole 
  

   station, 
  and, 
  . 
  paying 
  the 
  admission 
  fee, 
  ascend 
  the 
  banks 
  by 
  the 
  

   stairs 
  and 
  paths. 
  The 
  path 
  from 
  the 
  Devil's 
  hole 
  station 
  to 
  the 
  

   sections 
  leads 
  close 
  along 
  the 
  brink 
  of 
  the 
  gorge. 
  If 
  the 
  sections 
  

   are 
  visited 
  in 
  the 
  forenoon, 
  the 
  investigator 
  will 
  find 
  himself 
  in 
  the 
  

   shadow 
  of 
  the 
  cliffs, 
  which 
  is 
  most 
  grateful 
  on 
  a 
  warm 
  summer 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  sections 
  on 
  the 
  Rome, 
  Watertown 
  and 
  Ogdensburg 
  railroad 
  

   are 
  reached 
  from 
  Waggoner's 
  hotel 
  by 
  paths 
  leading 
  up 
  " 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tain 
  " 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  begins 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  tracks 
  not 
  far 
  

   north 
  of 
  the 
  tunnel. 
  

  

  Geologic 
  nomenclature 
  

  

  Geologic 
  time 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  five 
  great 
  divisions, 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  

   progress 
  of 
  life 
  during 
  the 
  continuance 
  of 
  each. 
  These 
  are: 
  

   5 
  Cenozoic 
  time, 
  or 
  time 
  of 
  " 
  modern 
  life 
  " 
  

   4 
  Mesozoic 
  time, 
  or 
  time 
  of 
  " 
  medieval 
  life 
  " 
  

   3 
  Paleozoic 
  time, 
  or 
  time 
  of 
  " 
  ancient 
  life 
  " 
  

   2 
  Proterozoic 
  time, 
  or 
  time 
  of 
  " 
  first 
  Hfe 
  " 
  

   I 
  Azoic 
  time, 
  or 
  time 
  of 
  " 
  no 
  life 
  " 
  

  

  ^Refreshments 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  here. 
  

  

  "These 
  electrics 
  run 
  from 
  near 
  Prospect 
  park 
  to 
  the 
  Devil's 
  hole 
  and 
  re- 
  

   turn, 
  at 
  short 
  intervals. 
  

  

  