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  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  falls 
  from 
  below. 
  Tlie 
  ride 
  on 
  the 
  Maid 
  of 
  the 
  Mist 
  will 
  be 
  

   found 
  an 
  interesting 
  and 
  novel 
  experience, 
  besides 
  affording 
  views 
  

   O'f 
  the 
  cataracts 
  obtainable 
  in 
  no 
  other 
  way; 
  but 
  most 
  people 
  will 
  

   defer 
  this 
  till 
  they 
  have 
  seen 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  cataracts 
  and 
  rapids 
  from 
  

   above. 
  In 
  visiting 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  falls, 
  an 
  umbrella 
  should 
  be 
  taken, 
  

   while 
  a 
  waterproof 
  cloak 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  of 
  great 
  advantage, 
  for 
  the 
  

   visitor 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  drenched 
  by 
  the 
  spray 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  blown 
  on 
  

   him 
  unawares. 
  Caution 
  is 
  necessary 
  here, 
  as 
  everywhere 
  at 
  Niagara, 
  

   to 
  avoid 
  accidents. 
  In 
  the 
  talus 
  heaps 
  of 
  limestone 
  fragments, 
  min- 
  

   erals 
  and 
  occasionally 
  fossils 
  may 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  From 
  Prospect 
  point 
  the 
  visitor 
  should 
  next 
  turn 
  his 
  attention 
  to 
  

   Goat 
  island, 
  " 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  spot 
  in 
  all 
  America 
  ", 
  as 
  Capt. 
  

   Basil 
  Hall 
  called 
  it. 
  The 
  unpoetic 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  island 
  is, 
  as 
  Mr 
  

   Porter 
  tells 
  us^, 
  commemorative 
  of 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  endurance 
  of 
  a 
  

   male 
  goat, 
  which, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  animals, 
  had 
  

   been 
  left 
  on 
  this 
  island 
  uncared 
  for 
  during 
  the 
  severe 
  winter 
  of 
  

   1770-71, 
  and 
  proved 
  the 
  only 
  survivor. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  bridges 
  which 
  cross 
  to 
  Green, 
  and 
  thence 
  to 
  Goat 
  

   island, 
  memorable 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  rapids 
  above 
  the 
  falls 
  may 
  be 
  ob- 
  

   tained; 
  and 
  the 
  visitor 
  will 
  do 
  well 
  to 
  pause, 
  that 
  he 
  may 
  become 
  

   impressed 
  by 
  the 
  magnificence 
  of 
  the 
  spectacle. 
  Perhaps 
  he 
  will 
  

   feel 
  as 
  did 
  Margaret 
  Fuller, 
  who 
  said: 
  " 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  climax 
  of 
  the 
  

   effect 
  which 
  the 
  fahs 
  produced 
  upon 
  me 
  — 
  neither 
  the 
  American 
  nor 
  

   British 
  fall 
  moved 
  me 
  as 
  did 
  these 
  rapids." 
  The 
  naturalist 
  will 
  be 
  

   interested 
  to 
  note 
  that, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  fearful 
  rush 
  of 
  water, 
  fresh- 
  

   water 
  mussels 
  have 
  found 
  a 
  lodging 
  place 
  among 
  the 
  more 
  pro- 
  

   tected 
  rocks, 
  where 
  they 
  seem 
  tO' 
  thrive 
  well. 
  Along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  

   the 
  islands, 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  other 
  animals 
  would 
  find 
  it 
  hard 
  to 
  gain 
  

   a 
  foothold, 
  numerous 
  small 
  gastropods 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  clinging 
  to 
  

   the 
  slippery 
  rock 
  surfaces. 
  

  

  On 
  Goat 
  island, 
  despite 
  the 
  so-called 
  " 
  improvements 
  " 
  for 
  the 
  

   convenience 
  of 
  visitors, 
  nature 
  still 
  reigns 
  supreme. 
  The 
  virgin 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  is 
  almost 
  undisturbed, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  when 
  the' 
  

   red 
  man 
  regarded 
  this 
  as 
  the 
  sacred 
  abode 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  of 
  

  

  ^Porter. 
  Goat 
  island. 
  

  

  