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ably carried down and completely submerged, after which by 

 reason of confusion or inability, they cannot fly but are rushed 

 forward and a minute or two later are carried over the brink of 

 the precipice and plunged 160 feet into the gorge below. 



Swans are not the only waterfowl that are sacrificed at 

 Niagara's shrine. On the occasion of my visit March i8t;h, I 

 saw a handsome male Canvasback duck, Ay thy a vallisneria 

 (Wils), come down against the ice bridge. It was unable to 



Bass Rock Eddy at extreme left. 

 Ice Bridge and American Falls in distance 



fly but succeeded in extricating itself from the moving ice and 

 gaining a foothold on the bridge at a point where to attempt to 

 catch it alive would have been a perilous undertaking. Later 

 in the day I saw an American golden- eye duck Glancionetta 

 clangula americana (Bonap), struggle out of the foaming water 

 below the Horseshoe Falls into Bass Rock eddy and with great 

 difficulty reach the shore. It made no attempt to escape when 

 picked up. While no external injury was apparent, it was 

 unable to walk or fly. It recovered however, from its shock by 



