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  6 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  whole 
  party 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  two, 
  with 
  wagons 
  and 
  horses,, 
  

  

  being 
  driven 
  over 
  the 
  chff 
  by 
  the 
  savages, 
  and 
  dashed 
  to 
  pieces 
  on 
  

  

  the 
  rocks 
  below. 
  Next 
  above 
  the 
  Devil's 
  hole 
  is 
  Ongiara^ 
  park, 
  a 
  

  

  picturesque 
  wooded 
  slope 
  opposite 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  Foster's 
  

  

  flats, 
  and 
  like 
  parts 
  of 
  that 
  region 
  are 
  dotted 
  with 
  enoimous 
  

  

  blocks 
  of 
  limestone, 
  which 
  have 
  fallen 
  from 
  the 
  bank 
  above. 
  A 
  

  

  short 
  distance 
  above 
  this 
  we 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  whirlpool, 
  where 
  a 
  stop 
  of 
  

  

  some 
  time 
  can 
  profitably 
  be 
  made. 
  But 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  attractive 
  

  

  place 
  at 
  which 
  to 
  stop 
  is 
  the 
  whirlpool 
  rapids. 
  The 
  water 
  which 
  

  

  here 
  rushes 
  through 
  a 
  narrow 
  and 
  comparatively 
  shallow 
  channel, 
  

  

  makes 
  a 
  descent 
  of 
  nearly 
  50 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  space 
  of 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  mile, 
  

  

  and 
  its 
  turbulence 
  and 
  magnificence 
  are 
  indescribable. 
  Seen 
  at 
  

  

  night 
  by 
  moonlight, 
  or 
  when 
  illuminated 
  by 
  the 
  light 
  from 
  a 
  strong 
  

  

  reflector, 
  the 
  spectacle 
  is 
  beyond 
  portrayal. 
  We 
  may 
  perhaps 
  not 
  

  

  inaptly 
  apply 
  Schiller's 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  Charybdis 
  to 
  these 
  waters 
  : 
  

  

  Und 
  es 
  wallet 
  und 
  siedet 
  und 
  brauset 
  und 
  zischt, 
  

   Wie 
  wenn 
  Wasser 
  mit 
  Feur 
  sich' 
  mengt. 
  

   Bis 
  zum 
  Himmel 
  spritzet 
  der 
  dampfende 
  Gischt, 
  

   Und 
  Weir 
  auf 
  Well' 
  sich 
  ohn' 
  Ende 
  drangt, 
  

   Und 
  wie 
  mit 
  des 
  fernen 
  Donner's 
  Getose, 
  

   Entstiirzt 
  es 
  briillend 
  dem 
  finstern 
  Schosse. 
  

  

  Fossiliferous 
  sections 
  

  

  These 
  sections 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  

   and 
  Hudson 
  river 
  railroad, 
  Lewiston 
  branch, 
  and 
  along 
  cuts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Rome, 
  Watertown 
  and 
  Ogdensburg 
  railroad 
  at 
  Lewiston 
  hights. 
  

   The 
  former 
  are 
  approachable 
  from 
  Lewiston 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  or 
  the 
  

   Devil's 
  hole 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  approach 
  from 
  Lewiston 
  is 
  

   the 
  more 
  natural, 
  as 
  it 
  will 
  give 
  the 
  strata 
  in 
  ascending 
  order. 
  

   Waggoner's 
  hotel 
  makes 
  a 
  convenient 
  starting 
  point. 
  Follow 
  the 
  

   car 
  tracks 
  southward 
  to 
  where 
  a 
  road 
  leads 
  ofr 
  on 
  the 
  left. 
  Entering 
  

   this, 
  a 
  wood-road 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  lead 
  of¥ 
  on 
  the 
  right, 
  which 
  when 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  will 
  bring 
  you 
  on 
  the 
  terrace 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  quartzose 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  bed, 
  and 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  bridge 
  towers 
  stand. 
  A 
  quarry 
  in 
  the 
  

   white 
  sandstone 
  by 
  the 
  roadside 
  gives 
  an 
  opportunity 
  to 
  study 
  this 
  

   rock, 
  which 
  is 
  practically 
  barren 
  of 
  fossils. 
  Beyond 
  this 
  the 
  tracks 
  

   of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  railroad 
  are 
  reached, 
  which, 
  after 
  traversing: 
  

   a 
  short 
  tunnel 
  hewn 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  Medina 
  sandstone, 
  bring 
  you 
  to 
  the 
  

   sections 
  in 
  the 
  gorge 
  (plate 
  12). 
  Care 
  must 
  be 
  exercised 
  in 
  exploring: 
  

  

  ^One 
  of 
  the 
  40 
  ways 
  of 
  spelling 
  Niagara. 
  

  

  