Flora and Fauna 



the settlers and Indians transfix with their spears a great number 1822 

 of very large fish which are attracted by the light. 



1823 



TALBOT, EDWARD ALLEN. Five years' residence in the Canadas; 1823 

 a tour through part of the United States of America, in the year 1823. Talbot 

 Lond. : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1 824. 

 1:123-140. 



This book is of little value scientifically except for " occasional glimpses 

 of a form of life which existed only for a few years." 



The river, immediately beneath the Falls, affords a greater 

 quantity of fish than are to be found in any other piece of water 

 of the same extent in the world. Snakes of different descriptions 

 also abound upon the banks. 



Previous to the settlement of the country along the banks of 

 the Niagara river, great numbers of wild beasts, birds, and fishes, 

 might be seen, dashed to pieces, at the bottom of the Falls; and 

 innumerable birds of prey were continually hovering over their 

 putrid carcasses. But since this part of the country has been 

 thickly settled, scarcely anything is to be found in the bed of the 

 river below the Falls, except fishes, and a few water-fowl, which, 

 on alighting in the rapids, are unable to take wing again, and are 

 soon hurried down the dreadful abyss. 



1824 



AUDUBON, John JAMES. Audubon and his journals, by Maria R. 1824 

 Audubon; with notes by Elliott Coues. N. Y. : Scribner. 1897. Audubon 

 2:286-288. 



Under date of August 24, 1824, the great American ornithologist tells 

 of one of his several visits to Niagara. 



The life of John James Audubon, the naturalist. Ed. by his widow. 1324 

 N. Y. : G. P. Putnam & Sons. 1871. Pp. 1 08-1 09. 



An account of Audubon's visit to the Falls on August 24, 1 824. 



August 24. Took passage for Buffalo, arrived safely, and 

 passed a sleepless night, as most of my nights have been since I 



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