Science, Geology and Physics 



others, and by the depth of its womb filled with the elements of 1834 

 life; Niagara affects us by its power, its horror, its grace, and its 



igantic beauty all united. 

 Where there is so much motion, so vast a subject presenting 



tself under such a variety of aspects, you cannot exhaust the 

 interest of the subject, and of the new views and phenomena 

 which are continually arising to your notice, and the longer you 

 tarry the dearer Niagara becomes to you. 



Niagara is like a powerful ode, a rhapsody in 

 which nature herself has seized the mighty harp and plays a 

 rapturous tune. 



1835 



ROGERS, HENRY D. On the Falls of Niagara and the reasonings of 1835 

 some authors respecting them. (Am. jour, sci., 1835. 27, no. 2:326-R°8 ers 

 335.) 



The author is especially interested in the valley below the Falls. He 

 takes issue with Fairholme as to the age of the Falls. He holds that infor- 

 mation available up to that time was too meager to warrant any calcula- 

 tions in years of the probable duration of the cataract, and he is vary 

 doubtful whether the Falls of Niagara could ever have been at Queenston. 

 In his opinion, " a diluvial valley, of greater or less length and depth 

 was . . . probably the commencement of the present remarkable 

 trough below the falls." He thinks that the lake region emerged from 

 beneath the ocean at a very remote period. In his own words, " the 

 drainage of the region has very probably been repeatedly modified since 

 that day, and during some one, or perhaps several of these changes in 

 its hydrography, Niagara acquired its present remarkable shape." He 

 calls attention to the importance of seeking for shell deposits in the diluvial 

 banks along the stream. Th^se deposits were later actually found by Lyell 

 and Hall. 



1837 



Daubeny, Charles Giles Bridle. Journal of a tour through the 1837 



United States and Canada, made during the years 1837-1838. Oxford: Daubeny 

 T. Combe, ptr. 1843. Pp. 44-48. 



A study of the mineral and burning springs in the neighborhood of 

 Niagara Falls, 



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