﻿NIAGARA 
  FALLS 
  AND 
  VICINITY 
  1 
  3 
  

  

  the 
  sights 
  he 
  beholds. 
  The 
  remarkable 
  vivid 
  green 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  

   the 
  -Horseshoe 
  falls 
  will 
  excite 
  the 
  observer's 
  interest, 
  and 
  question. 
  

   Tyndall 
  observes 
  that, 
  while 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  falls 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  "bends 
  

   solidly 
  over 
  and 
  falls 
  in 
  a 
  continuous 
  layer. 
  ,. 
  . 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   ledge 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  rolls, 
  foam 
  is 
  generated, 
  the 
  light 
  falling 
  

   upon 
  which, 
  and 
  flashing 
  back 
  from 
  it, 
  is 
  sifted 
  in 
  its 
  passage 
  to 
  and 
  

   iro, 
  and 
  changed 
  from 
  white 
  to 
  emerald-green."^ 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  Horseshoe 
  falls 
  are 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  Table 
  

   rock, 
  formerly 
  a 
  projecting 
  limestone 
  shelf 
  of 
  considerable 
  extent, 
  

   and 
  a 
  favorite 
  view 
  point. 
  Huge 
  portions 
  of 
  this 
  rock 
  have 
  fallen 
  

   into 
  the 
  gorge 
  at 
  various 
  times, 
  the 
  most 
  extensive 
  falls 
  occurring 
  

   in 
  1818 
  and 
  1850, 
  with 
  minor 
  ones 
  between 
  and 
  since. 
  On 
  one 
  oc- 
  

   casion 
  some 
  forty 
  or 
  fifty 
  persons 
  had 
  barely 
  left 
  the 
  rock 
  before 
  

   it 
  fell. 
  From 
  the 
  remaining 
  portion 
  of 
  this 
  rocky 
  platform 
  a 
  good 
  

   near 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  Horseshoe 
  falls 
  is 
  obtained, 
  though 
  the 
  visitor 
  is 
  

   apt 
  to 
  find 
  himself 
  in 
  a 
  drenching 
  shower 
  of 
  spray 
  at 
  almost 
  all 
  

   times. 
  

  

  Beyond 
  Table 
  rock, 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  park, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Duf- 
  

   ferin 
  islands 
  many 
  attractive 
  walks 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with. 
  These 
  are 
  

   generally 
  little 
  visited 
  and 
  afford 
  an 
  opportunity 
  for 
  solitude 
  and 
  

   escape 
  from 
  the 
  crowds 
  of 
  sightseers. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  views 
  of 
  

   the 
  rapids 
  above 
  the 
  falls 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  here. 
  A 
  wooded 
  clay 
  

   cliff 
  bounds 
  the 
  park 
  on 
  the 
  landward 
  side, 
  generally 
  rising 
  steeply 
  

   to 
  the 
  upland 
  plateau. 
  Here 
  on 
  July 
  25, 
  1814, 
  the 
  memorable 
  battle 
  

   of 
  Lundy's 
  Lane 
  was 
  fought 
  between 
  the 
  British 
  and 
  the 
  Americans 
  ; 
  

   *' 
  within 
  sight 
  of 
  the 
  falls, 
  in 
  the 
  glory 
  of 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  a 
  full 
  moon, 
  

   the 
  opposing 
  armies 
  engaged 
  in 
  hand-to-hand 
  conflict, 
  from 
  sun- 
  

   down 
  to 
  midnight, 
  when 
  both 
  sides, 
  exhausted 
  by 
  their 
  efforts, 
  with- 
  

   drew 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  "? 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  park, 
  a 
  road 
  leads 
  to 
  the 
  upland, 
  where 
  is 
  

   situated 
  the 
  famous 
  burning 
  spring. 
  The 
  inflammable 
  gas 
  which 
  

   here 
  bubbles 
  through 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  is 
  chiefly 
  sulfureted 
  

   hydrogen, 
  but 
  the 
  quantity 
  is 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  flame 
  of 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  magnitude, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  asserted 
  that 
  the 
  supply 
  has 
  not 
  di- 
  

   minished 
  for 
  the 
  hundred 
  years 
  or 
  more 
  that 
  the 
  spring 
  has 
  been 
  

   known 
  to 
  exist. 
  ^ 
  

  

  ^Loc. 
  cit. 
  

   "Porter. 
  

  

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  admission 
  fee 
  is 
  charged 
  here. 
  

  

  