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they difcovered a natural cafcadc, which fur- 

 pafTed, as they conceived, every thing of this 

 kind, which human art or induftry hath hitherto 

 produced. It was a river of tranfparent water, 

 about forty yards wide, which ran down a decli- 

 vity of near one hundred and fifty yards in 

 length. The channel it ran in was very irregu- 

 lar, for it was entirely formed of rock ; both its 

 fides and bottom being made up of large de- 

 tached blocks, and by thefe the courfe of the wa- 

 ter was frequently interrupted, for in Ibme places 

 it ran floping, with a rapid, but uniform motion, 

 while in other parts it tumbled over the ledges 

 of rocks, with a perpendicular defcent. All the 

 neighbourhood of this ftream was a fine wood, 

 and even the huge malTes of rocks which hung 

 over the water, and which by their various pro- 

 jetions formed the inequalities of the channel, 

 were covered with lofty foreft trees. While the 

 Commodore and thofe who were with him atten- 

 tively viewing the place, were remarking the 

 uiiferent blendings of the waters, the rocks, and 

 the woods, there came in fight (as it were ftill to 

 heighten and animate the profpedl) a prodigious 

 flight ^/Maccaws, which hovering over this/pot^ 



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