Travelers' Original Accounts Since 1840 



at all hours, and for hours together, that I felt from the contem- 1849 

 plation of them that satisfaction (I cannot think of a better word) air 

 which I had anticipated. 



CHRISTMAS, H. Canada in 1849. Pictures of Canadian life: or, 1849 

 The emigrant churchman. By a pioneer of the wilderness. Edited by the Chr,8tmas 

 Rev. H. Christmas. Lond.: Richard Bentley. 1850. 1:131-167. 



The author saw everything apparently, but he writes unsatisfactorily. 

 His account is typical of the style of the conservative Englishman, inter- 

 ested rather in recording his impressions of American manners and customs 

 than in describing the Falls. 



COOKE, Henry. An excursion to Niagara and Canada. (Colbum's 1849 

 new mo. mag., 1849. 87:358-360.) Cooke 



The author wandered about the Falls and river on foot. He had seen 

 many cataracts in Europe but says " there is nothing on the whole con- 

 tinent, or I believe in the world, at all to be compared to Niagara. . . 

 What a pity it is the scenery above is not upon a grander scale! " He 

 spent three days on the American side and " was delighted with Goat 

 Island which is really one of the most charming wild spots I have any- 

 where seen." 



Robertson, William Parish. A visitor to Mexico, by the West 1849 

 India islands, Yucatan and United States, with observations and adven- Robertson 

 tures by the way. Lond.: Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1853. 2:437- 

 441. 



The author visited the Falls with a party of Mexicans in the autumn 

 of 1 849. His account is rather bald. " I came too late," he writes, " to 

 say anything which could be new or interesting." 



(Rose, A.) The emigrant churchman in Canada. Lond.: Rev. 1849 

 Henry Christmas. 1849. 1:131-167. Rose 



The author was impressed with the " serene loveliness " of the scene 

 and describes in some detail various features of his trip around the Falls. 



THORNTON, John, Major. Diary of a tour through the northern 1849 

 states of the Union and Canada. Lond.: 1850. Pp. 26-36. Thornton 



Thornton came to see America and particularly the Falls. He describes 

 them as he found them in August, 1 849. 



UNONIUS, GlJSTAF. Minnen fran en Sjuttonarig vistelse i Nordvestra 1349 

 Amerika. Andra Upplagan. Upsala: W. Schultz. 1862. Pt. II, Unonius 

 pp. 405-412. 245 



