1826 

 We.J 



1827 



1827 



Bullock 



1827 



McKenney 



1827 



1827-28 

 Hair 



Niagara Falls 



825, 



1826. Lond.: L. B. 



Ouse or Grand river, Upper Canada, 

 Seeley and Son. 1827. P. 273. 



1827 



American sketches, by a native of the United States. Lond.: John 

 Miller. 1827. Pp. 233-249. 



The account contains more about the talkative hotel-keeper and the 

 uncongenial fat lady whom the author met at Niagara than of the Falls. 



Bullock, W. Sketch of a journey through the western states of 

 North America from New Orleans, by the Mississippi, Ohio, city of 

 Cincinnati and Falls of Niagara, to New York, in 1827. . . . Lond.: 

 John Miller. 1827. Pp. xxiii-xxvi. (Thwaites, Early western travels. 

 19:142-149.) 



Bullock's account contains nothing original. By way of description, 

 he quotes at length from Disturnell's Northern Traveler. 



McKENNEY, Thomas L. Sketches of a tour to the Lakes. . . . 

 Bait; F. Lucas. 1827. Pp. 93-99; 429-430. 



Two letters written in June and September respectively. The author 

 makes little attempt at description. In his opinion, the Falls must be seen 

 and heard to be appreciated. 



Tour through parts of the United States and Canada. By a British 

 subject. Lond.: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1828. 

 Pp. 96-103. 



A letter describing the scenery and containing religious reflections. 



1827-1828 



HALL, BASIL, Captain. Travels in North America, in the years 

 1827 and 1828. Edinb.: Cadell. 1829. 1:177-208; 351-354. 



Captain Hall, though much criticised in his day, has a very good 

 Niagara chapter. 



On the 29th of June 1827, we went from Lockport to 

 the Falls of Niagara, which infinitely exceeded our anticipa- 

 tions. 



In hunting for similes to describe what we saw and heard, we 

 were quite agreed that the sound of the Falls most nearly resem- 

 bles that of a grist mill, of large dimensions. There is precisely 

 the same incessant, rumbling, deep, monotonous sound, accom- 



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