Travelers* Original Accounts: 1 801 -1 840 



it long; there was much yet to do; and the party probably 1334 

 observed, though no one chose to mention it, that the sun was artineau 

 going down. We crossed the detached American Fall by its 

 rustic bridge, and hunted it back to its retreat in the wood. 

 Our faces were now turned homeward; but we lingered long 

 in the shades, and afterward at Bath Island, where some one 

 observed that it would be dusk before we could reach the ferry, 

 and that the walk home on the Canada side was not of a kind 

 to be prosecuted in the dark. The sun disappeared before we 

 reached the ferry-house, and the panorama from the river was 

 seen in the magnitude and majesty of twilight. In the dark 

 woods on the Canada side we made ourselves visible to each 

 other by catching fireflies and sticking them in our bonnets. 

 They sat very still among our bows of riband, and really served 

 our purpose very well. 



This excellent account speaks for itself. 



Zavala, Lorenzo de. Viage a los Estados-Unidos del Norte de 1834 

 America. Paris; de Decourchant. 1834. Pp. 97—98. Zavala 



The author was one of the earliest Spanish tourists to write of the 

 Falls. He gives a brief description of the scenery and the emotions which 

 the sight inspired. 



Wied-Neuwied, Maximilian Alexander Philipp, Prinz, von. 1834 

 Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Yahren 1 832 bis 1 834. Cob- Wied- 

 lenz: 1839. Bei J. Hoelscher. Vol.11. Pp. 398-405. Neuv 



This Prussian was a traveller and naturalist who reached the rank of 

 major general in the Prussian army, but after 1815 devoted himself to 

 science. He travelled extensively in Brazil and North America. A 

 quotation from the English translation of his American travels will be 

 found in chapter VI. 



Wied-Neuwied, Maximilian Alexander Philipp, Prinz, von. 

 Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amerique du Nord, execute pendant les 

 annees 1832, 1833 et 1834, par le prince Maximilien de Neuwied. 

 Ouvrage accompagne d'un atlas de 80 planches environ, format demi- 

 colombier, dessinees sur les lieux par M. Charles Bodmer. . . . Paris: 

 A. Bertrand. 1840-43. Vol. III. Pp. 200-209. 



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