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was continued for seven miles along the river to a point 

 where the river issues from a remarkable gorge, worn 

 out of the solid Archaean rock five hundred feet or more 

 in depth and from 150 feet to a quarter of a mile in 

 width. 



Once more they were obliged to take to the high 

 ground, and for the rest of that day and part of the next 

 skirted the gorge. They were proceeding in this man- 

 ner when a distant rumbling led them to approach the 

 river. It was flowing at their own level. Below them 

 were the long-sought-for falls, anc^ three cheers for Bow- 

 doin immediately mingled with their roar. 



As was expected, reports concerning them were greatly 

 exaggerated. The falls themselves are 150 feet wide 

 and do not exceed 150 feet in height. For five or six 

 iniles above was a series of heavy rapids with several 

 smaller falls varying from 10 to 25 feet in height and 

 making about 100 feet more fall. The water, as it ap- 

 proached the brink of the Grand Falls, makes a long, 

 graceful bend downward and then shoots straight down- 

 ward into the canon. The river above the falls flows 

 almost due south by compass (really S. E.) while im- 

 mediately upon striking the bottom of the gorge it 

 makes a sharp turn to the east and continues in that 

 direction for several hundred yards when it again resumes 

 its general southeasterly course, and goes roaring down 

 the canon in heavy rapids. Although reports concern- 

 ing them were greatly exaggerated, the falls were found 

 to be truly grand. But probably the most remarkable 

 feature of all is the great gorge, worn as it is in the solid 

 granite. It is probably one of the oldest drainage lines 

 in the world. This was named the Bowdoin Canon. 



