Travelers' Original Accounts: 1 801—1840 



nando Valero el ano de 1825; i publicado en Guatemala en el de 1830. 1825 

 (Guatemala) Impr. de la Union (1830) pp. 1-15. Valero 



In his " Viaga e las Cataractas de Niagara, afio de 1825 " pp. 1—15 

 this Spanish writer and traveler gives a brief description of the Falls, and 

 the impression made upon him of magnificence and sublimity. 



1826 



De Roos, John Frederick Fitzgerald. Personal narrative of 1826 

 travels in the United States and Canada in 1826. Lond. : W. H. Ains- 

 worth. 1827. Pp. 151-172. 



An account of the Falls from various points of view, Canadian and 

 American, by a lieutenant of the Royal British navy and a typical English- 

 man. We quote only his analysis of his emotions at the Falls. His book 

 had sufficient popularity to carry it through several editions. 



My first sensation was that of exquisite delight at having before 

 me the greatest wonder, in my opinion, of the world. Strange 

 as it may appear, this feeling was immediately succeeded by an 

 irresistible melancholy. Had this not continued, it might per- 

 haps have been attributed to the satiety incident to the complete 

 gratification of " hope long deferred; " but so far from diminish- 

 ing, the more I gazed the stronger and deeper the feeling became. 

 Yet this scene of sadness was strangely mingled with a kind of 

 intoxicating fascination. Whether the phenomenon is peculiar to 

 Niagara, I know not, but certainly it has been generally observed, 

 that the spirits are affected and depressed in a singular manner 

 by the magic influence of this stupendous Fall. 



The ascent on the American side is partly contrived by zig-zag 

 paths, and partly by ladders. 



Gosselman, Karl August. Resa i Norra Amerika. Itvenne 1826 

 Delar Nykoping: (P. E. Winge.) 1835. Fbrra Delen. Pp. 1 74- Gosselman 



224. 



West, John. The substance of a journal during a residence at the 1826 

 Red River Colony, British North America: and frequent excursions 

 among the north west American Indians, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, 

 1823. Second edition, enlarged with a journal of a mission to the 

 Indians of New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and the Mohawks on the 



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