﻿NIAGARA 
  FALLS 
  AND 
  VICINITY 
  1 
  5 
  

  

  bank 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  side 
  the 
  succession 
  of 
  strata 
  is 
  finely 
  shown^; 
  

   and 
  from 
  this 
  point 
  northward 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  bank 
  exposes 
  a 
  nearly 
  

   continuous 
  section 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  gorge 
  at 
  Lewiston. 
  

  

  A 
  short 
  distance 
  below 
  the 
  whirlpool 
  we 
  reach 
  Foster's 
  flats, 
  or 
  

   Niagara 
  glen, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  appropriately 
  called. 
  This 
  is 
  visited 
  by 
  

   comparatively 
  few 
  tourists, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  attractive 
  

   spots 
  along 
  the 
  gorge. 
  ^ 
  It 
  marks 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  a 
  former 
  fall, 
  and, 
  

   besides 
  its 
  interest 
  on 
  that 
  account 
  deserves 
  to 
  be 
  visited 
  for 
  its 
  

   silvan 
  beauty 
  and 
  its 
  wild 
  and 
  picturesque 
  scenery 
  of 
  frowning 
  clif¥, 
  

   huge 
  moss-covered 
  boulders 
  and 
  dark 
  cool 
  dells, 
  where 
  rare 
  flowers 
  

   and 
  ferns 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  attractions 
  which 
  delight 
  the 
  naturalist. 
  

   Many 
  good 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  opposite 
  banks 
  may 
  here 
  be 
  

   obtained, 
  and 
  the 
  student 
  of 
  geology 
  will 
  find 
  no 
  end 
  to 
  instructive 
  

   features 
  eloquent 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  falling 
  waters 
  were 
  dashed 
  

   into 
  spray 
  on 
  the 
  boulders 
  among 
  which 
  he 
  now 
  wanders. 
  After 
  

   leaving 
  Niagara 
  glen 
  the 
  visitor 
  should 
  stop 
  at 
  Queenston 
  hights 
  

   and 
  obtain 
  the 
  view 
  which 
  is 
  here 
  afforded.^ 
  If 
  possible 
  the 
  more 
  

   comprehensive 
  views 
  from 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  Brock's 
  monument 
  should 
  

   be 
  obtained.* 
  

  

  After 
  descending 
  and 
  crossing 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  side, 
  one 
  may 
  

   return 
  directly 
  by 
  the 
  gorge 
  road, 
  leaving 
  the 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  

   fossiliferous 
  strata 
  for 
  another 
  day, 
  or 
  one 
  may, 
  after 
  a 
  rest 
  at 
  the 
  

   hotel, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  bank, 
  spend 
  some 
  hours 
  in 
  studying 
  the 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  exposed 
  along 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  railroad 
  cut.^ 
  

  

  The 
  return 
  journey 
  by 
  the 
  gorge 
  road 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  great 
  interest, 
  as 
  

   it 
  carries 
  the 
  visitor 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  rushing 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  Walk- 
  

   ing 
  along 
  the 
  roadbed 
  is 
  forbidden, 
  and 
  stops 
  are 
  made 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  

   regular 
  stations.^ 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  the 
  Devil's 
  hole, 
  a 
  cavern 
  

   in 
  the 
  rock, 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  described 
  in 
  chapter 
  3 
  and 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  

   figured 
  in 
  Indian 
  lore. 
  The 
  ravine 
  of 
  Bloody 
  run, 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  

   generally 
  dry 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  season, 
  was 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  a 
  fearful 
  

   massacre 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  soldiers 
  by 
  the 
  Seneca 
  Indians 
  in 
  1763, 
  the 
  

  

  ^For 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  these, 
  see 
  chapter 
  3. 
  

  

  '^See 
  chapter 
  2. 
  

  

  ^See 
  chapter 
  i. 
  

  

  *An 
  admission 
  fee 
  is 
  charged 
  here. 
  

  

  ^Waggoner's 
  hotel 
  near 
  the 
  Lewiston 
  suspension 
  bridge 
  makes 
  a 
  con- 
  

   venient 
  stopping 
  place, 
  specially 
  if 
  one 
  desires 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  fossihferous 
  sec- 
  

   tions. 
  The 
  Cornell, 
  at 
  the 
  ferry 
  landing, 
  opposite 
  the 
  Lewiston 
  railroad 
  

   station, 
  is 
  also 
  recommended. 
  

  

  ^In 
  stopping 
  off, 
  be 
  sure 
  to 
  obtain 
  stop-over 
  checks 
  from 
  the 
  conductor. 
  

  

  