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Greis. After a most delightful paddle for about two hours, 

 crossing and reorossing the river to take advantage of the 

 smooth water, — now and then taking a cast with the rod ; 

 we arrived within a short distance of the Falls, which an 

 angle of the river still hid from our view. Leaving the 

 canoe, and placing ourselves under the guidance of our 

 Indian, who led us through the windings of the forest, 

 we at. last heard the thunderings of the dashing torrent, 

 and in a short time the grandeur of the Shawenegan Falls 

 burst upon our view. We were indeed repaid " for our loss 

 of provender." The sight was sublime. We sat and 

 gazed in delight. What a field for contemplation ! Here 

 man feels his own insignificance', and if his mind is rightly 

 attuned, must bow in reverence and gratitude to that Cre- 

 ator who has made " all things for his use." It is not a 

 correct term to apply the woti falls to the " Shawenegan ;" 

 it is rather an immenss volume of water running down avast 

 inclined plane, which, if laid bare, would possibly present 

 the appearance of a succession of steps, at an angle of about 

 30". Here is the " meeting of the waters," the confluence 

 of two branches of the river, on one of which there is a very 

 pretty fall of about ten to sixteen feet. Our guide directed 

 our attention to the height the river attains at the spring 

 freshets, at which time it must be grand indeed, and 

 scarcely exceeded in the volume of water, even by the 

 Niagara. It was with reluctance we left this pleasing 

 scene, but time waits for no man ; so, returning to our 

 canoe, we embarked, and caused our guide to paddle as 

 near the fall as he could with safety ; to give us a view of 

 an artificial slide ; down which the lumber is sent from the 

 upper waters, into the boiling foam below, and thence on 

 its onward course. 



