Niagara Falls 



1913 feeling of bobbing about in a cockle-shell on a whirlpool was 

 Alec-Tweedie ra ther ghastly, and we all had to hold tight to keep our seats 

 on the deck at all, so tremendous is the force of the water across 

 which this little craft ventures. 



The spot known as Rock of Ages forms a perfect picture. 

 The rugged brown grandeur of the stones, the white frothy 

 spray, and the green and blue hues of the water, with the sun 

 shining through, made a scene such as no artist's brush could 

 ever catch in feeling, colour, or force. The sublimest works of 

 nature can never really be reproduced by art; for, at its best, art 

 cannot depict fleeting sentiment, ever changing beauty. Every 

 cloud, every sunbeam, alters the scene on which it falls, as every 

 thought changes the expression of a face. Pictures, much as 

 we love them, can only express one phase; they cannot repre- 

 sent all. 



It was a short trip, though an extremely interesting one; and 

 we left our boat on the Canadian side to drive along the park 

 and go under the Horseshoe Fall, so as to obtain an idea of 

 the water from below. 



The Canadian side is certainly the best from which to see 

 Niagara Falls; the views are better, the park is better; nature 

 is left more to herself; and is not disfigured by such enormous 

 hotels with rows and rows of straight, ugly windows. 



Having driven along the top of the cliff, we arranged to go 

 below the Falls. 



" Will the lady step into that room? " asked an attendant, 

 which the lady accordingly did. 



4 You must take off nearly all your things and put on these 

 mackintosh trousers, coat, and helmet," was the next mandate. 

 We mildly remonstrated, but remonstrance was of no use; the 

 woman assured us we should be wet to the skin unless we did 

 as she bid us, and subsequent experiences proved that she was 

 right. 



The black trousers were large and baggy, of the peg-top order, 

 and about as thick as a coachman's driving apron. The attendant 



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