ILLUSTRATIONS 



VOLUME I 



Charles M. Dow Frontispiece 



View of the British Fall, Taken from Goat Island 16 



Painted and engraved byi W. J. Bennett (1831?) 



The First Known View of Niagara 30 



From Hennepin's " Nouvelle decouverte," 1697 



Elias Borne Aloft in a Chariot of Fire 60 



By S. le Clerc, 1 700 



Niagara Cataract 90 



Early French print, evidently based on Hennepin. Date 

 uncertain, probably middle of the eighteenth century 



View of Niagara 120 



Published in 1751, Evidently based on Hennepin and on 

 Kalm's description 



Falls of Niagara 150 



From an Italian engraving by G. M, Terreni, 1 763. Evidently 

 adapted from Hennepin 



Cataract of Niagara 1 80 



Painted by Richard Wilson; engraved by William Byrne. 

 From a drawing taken on the spot by Lt. Pierie of the Royal 

 Artillery, 1768 



Early Print of Niagara, 1783 210 



Drawn by Metz; engraved by James Heath 



View of the Falls of Niagara 240 



Sketched by A. Ellicott, 1 790 ; engraved by Thackara & 

 Vallance 



A View of the Western Branch of the Falls of Niagara, Taken 

 from the Table Rock, Looking up the River, over the 



Rapids 270 



Painted by J. Vanderlyn; engraved by F. C. Lewis. 

 Originally published in 1 804 



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