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and perfectly wet with the continual mist arising from the bottom, 1787 

 in form of the pillar, which having gained a sufficient height is 

 separated by the wind and falls like small rain or mist. From 

 hence we had a much better view of the Falls than that which 

 we had the preceding evening, but like that we were too near 

 the object to see it to perfection. I am told many people think 

 this is the best view in which you can place the Fall, but I rather 

 think it can only be such as have never given themselves the 

 trouble to search for any other. Here, they say, you can like- 

 wise dip up the water after it has passed the brink of the precipice. 

 However true this may be, it is not so perfectly so as on the 

 opposite side, as here it is only a small branch of the Fall you 

 approach ; on the other side it is actually the main body of water 

 itself, as may be seen in the little sketch of the top of the Fall 

 before given; the former or Fort Slosser side being marked 1 

 in the plan; I am now speaking of 8. The Table Rock is a 

 very large flat rock projecting from the bank and overhanging 

 its base very much, by which means it forms one of the best modes 

 of determining the height of the Fall, being exactly upon the 

 same level and projecting so much that a line let down from its 

 summit will drop very nearly at the water's edge at the bottom. 

 But whatever methods may have been taken to ascertain its 

 height, that of both sides is very well determined, being agreed 

 by all hands to be 1 70 feet on the east, or Fort Slosser side, 

 whilst from the Table Rock it is only 1 40, but this 30 feet if it 

 is taken from the perpendicular of the Fall adds to the noble 

 rapid that is above it. 



Having staid a long while we at length set off from hence, 

 hoping to find a way to a point not many hundred yards below 

 where we now were, without returning to the top of the bank 

 again; in this, however, we were disappointed, finding the brake 

 too thick and the ground too swampy to admit of our passage, 

 although I hear there is a possibility of going to those who are 

 acquainted with the place. This was not our case, so we were 

 obliged to ascend the gully by which we came, at the top of 



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