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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  gorge 
  below 
  the 
  falls 
  

  

  The 
  gorge 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara 
  river 
  should 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  both 
  sides. 
  

   Here 
  as 
  elsewhere 
  the 
  pedestrian 
  with 
  abundant 
  time 
  has 
  the 
  best 
  

   opportunity 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  numerous 
  interesting 
  and 
  attractive 
  features; 
  

   but, 
  since 
  distances 
  here 
  are 
  considerable, 
  it 
  is 
  perhaps 
  more 
  ad- 
  

   visable 
  to 
  avail 
  one's 
  self 
  of 
  the 
  conveyances 
  afforded.^ 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  gorge 
  is 
  afforded 
  by 
  going 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  

   on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  side 
  and 
  returning 
  by 
  the 
  gorge 
  road. 
  In 
  this 
  

   way 
  the 
  passenger 
  on 
  the 
  cars 
  gets 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  river, 
  particularly 
  

   if 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  seats 
  are 
  selected. 
  If 
  the 
  visitor 
  however 
  prefers 
  

   to 
  go 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  on 
  the 
  gorge 
  road, 
  and 
  return 
  by 
  the 
  Canadian 
  

   line, 
  let 
  him 
  choose 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  cars 
  as 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  

   in 
  both 
  cases. 
  

  

  After 
  passing 
  Clifton 
  on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  

   bridges 
  which 
  here 
  span 
  the 
  gorge, 
  the 
  observer 
  begins 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   view 
  of 
  the 
  whirlpool 
  rapids, 
  which 
  even 
  from 
  this 
  elevation 
  have 
  

   a 
  threatening 
  aspect. 
  It 
  was 
  through 
  these 
  rapids 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  

   whirlpool 
  below, 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  Maid 
  of 
  the 
  Mist 
  was 
  safely 
  navigated 
  

   in 
  1861, 
  having 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  three 
  men 
  on 
  board 
  — 
  a 
  feat 
  which 
  has 
  

   never 
  been 
  repeated. 
  Through 
  this 
  same 
  stretch 
  of 
  rapids 
  Capt. 
  

   Webb 
  made 
  his 
  fatal 
  swim, 
  paying 
  for 
  the 
  foolhardy 
  attempt 
  with 
  his 
  

   life. 
  After 
  passing 
  the 
  rapids 
  we 
  reach 
  the 
  whirlpool, 
  of 
  which 
  good 
  

   views 
  are 
  afforded 
  from 
  many 
  places 
  along 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  bank. 
  After 
  

   crossing 
  several 
  small 
  ravines, 
  that 
  of 
  Bowmans 
  creek 
  is 
  reached. 
  

   This 
  ravine 
  is 
  a 
  partial 
  reexcavation 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  drift 
  that 
  filled 
  St 
  

   Davids 
  channel. 
  ^ 
  From 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  bridge 
  which 
  crosses 
  

   the 
  ravine, 
  a 
  path 
  leads 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  water's 
  edge, 
  the 
  ravine 
  being 
  

   one 
  of 
  singular 
  attractiveness 
  to 
  the 
  lover 
  of 
  wild 
  woodland 
  scenery. 
  

   A 
  short 
  distance 
  beyond 
  the 
  bridge 
  is 
  the 
  Whirlpool 
  station 
  of 
  the 
  

   electric 
  road. 
  Here, 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  shelter 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  pointy 
  

   fine 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  whirlpool 
  and 
  the 
  river 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  it 
  are 
  

   obtained. 
  The 
  river 
  here 
  makes 
  a 
  right-angled 
  bend, 
  the 
  whirlpool 
  

   forming 
  the 
  swollen 
  elbow. 
  In 
  the 
  rocky 
  point 
  projecting 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  ^The 
  visitor 
  will 
  do 
  well 
  to 
  purchase 
  a 
  belt 
  line 
  ticket, 
  which 
  entitles 
  

   him 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  circuit 
  in 
  either 
  direction 
  and 
  to 
  stop 
  at 
  all 
  important 
  

   points. 
  The 
  Canadian 
  scenic 
  route 
  will 
  take 
  him 
  along 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  bank, 
  

   while 
  the 
  gorge 
  road, 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  side, 
  takes 
  him 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  'See 
  map, 
  and 
  chapter 
  i. 
  

  

  