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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Wind 
  blows 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  South, 
  their 
  dismal 
  roaring 
  may 
  be 
  heard 
  

   more 
  than 
  Fifteen 
  Leagues 
  ofi.^'^ 
  

  

  If 
  today, 
  from 
  our 
  vantage 
  ground 
  of 
  precise 
  knowledge, 
  we 
  

   smile 
  on 
  the 
  extravagant 
  estimates 
  of 
  Father 
  Hennepin, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   asked, 
  who 
  among 
  us, 
  that 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  admiration 
  and 
  enthusiasm 
  

   at 
  the 
  sight 
  of 
  nature's 
  grand 
  spectacles, 
  would, 
  on 
  coming 
  unpre- 
  

   pared 
  on 
  these 
  great 
  cataracts, 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  calm 
  and 
  just 
  esti- 
  

   mate 
  of 
  hight 
  and 
  breadth 
  and 
  volume 
  of 
  sound? 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  La 
  Salle 
  and 
  Hennepin, 
  the 
  falls 
  have 
  been 
  

   viewed 
  by 
  a 
  constantly 
  increasing 
  number 
  of 
  visitors. 
  For 
  Ameri- 
  

   cans 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  generation 
  and 
  for 
  people 
  of 
  other 
  lands 
  as 
  well, 
  

   Niagara 
  has 
  become 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  Mecca, 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  hope 
  once 
  in 
  

   their 
  life 
  time 
  to 
  journey. 
  With 
  many 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  hope 
  long 
  deferred 
  

   in 
  realization, 
  with 
  miost 
  perhaps 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  dream 
  never 
  realized, 
  but 
  

   those 
  who 
  do 
  go 
  and 
  see, 
  come 
  away 
  with 
  their 
  conceptions 
  of 
  nature 
  

   much 
  enlarged 
  and 
  with 
  memories 
  which 
  cling 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  life. 
  

   Fully 
  to 
  appreciate 
  Niagara, 
  one 
  must 
  give 
  it 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  passing 
  

   glance 
  from 
  the 
  carriage 
  of 
  an 
  impatient 
  driver, 
  who 
  is 
  anxious 
  to 
  

   have 
  you 
  " 
  do 
  " 
  Niagara 
  in 
  as 
  short 
  time 
  as 
  possible, 
  that 
  he 
  may 
  

   secure 
  another 
  " 
  fare 
  ". 
  Learn 
  to 
  linger 
  at 
  Niagara, 
  and 
  give 
  nature 
  

   time 
  to 
  impress 
  you 
  with 
  her 
  beauty 
  and 
  her 
  majesty. 
  " 
  Time 
  and 
  

   close 
  acquaintanceship," 
  says 
  Tyndall, 
  " 
  the 
  gradual 
  interweaving 
  

   of 
  mind 
  and 
  nature, 
  must 
  powerfully 
  influence 
  any 
  final 
  estimate 
  

   of 
  the 
  scene 
  ". 
  And 
  the 
  growing 
  impression 
  which 
  this 
  incompar- 
  

   able 
  scene 
  produced 
  on 
  him, 
  served 
  to 
  strengthen 
  the 
  desire 
  '' 
  to 
  

   see 
  and 
  know 
  Niagara 
  falls 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  

   seen 
  and 
  known".^ 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  surprising 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  visitors 
  to 
  the 
  falls 
  allow 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  to 
  be 
  hurried 
  past 
  some 
  of 
  its 
  most 
  beautiful 
  spots 
  and 
  to 
  

   bestow 
  on 
  others 
  only 
  casual 
  attention, 
  and 
  then 
  waste 
  a 
  wholly 
  

   disproportionate 
  amount 
  of 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  museums 
  and 
  curio 
  stores 
  

   looking 
  for 
  souvenirs 
  purporting 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Niagara 
  but 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  manufactured 
  elsewhere. 
  Real 
  and 
  valuable 
  Niagara 
  

   souvenirs 
  may 
  be 
  had 
  for 
  the 
  trouble 
  of 
  picking 
  them 
  up, 
  in 
  the 
  

   minerals, 
  fossils 
  and 
  shells 
  which 
  abound 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  falls. 
  

  

  ^Loc. 
  cit. 
  ■ 
  ' 
  

  

  'Tyndall. 
  Fragments 
  of 
  science, 
  " 
  Niagara 
  ". 
  

  

  