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Fall. But there has iince been found, on the left, 

 at the diftance of half a quarter of a league from 

 this cataract, a creek, where the current is not per- 

 ceivable, and confequently a place where one may 

 take water without danger. My ©ft care, after 

 my arrival, was to vifit the nobleft cafcade perhaps 

 in the world ; but I prefently found the baron de la 

 Hontan had committed fuch a miftake with refpect 

 to its height and figure, as to give grounds to be- 

 lieve he had never feen it. It is certain, that if you 

 meafure its height by that of the three mountains, 

 you are obliged to climb to get at it, it does not 

 come much fhort of what the map of 3VL Deflifle 

 makes it ; that is, fix hundred feet, having certain- 

 ly gone into this paradox, either, on the faith of 

 the baron de la Hontan or father Hennepin but 

 after I arrived at the fummit of the third moun- 

 tain, I obferved, that in the fpace of three leagues, 

 which I had to walk before I came to this piece of 

 water, though you are fometimes obliged to afcend, 

 you muft yet defcend ftill more, a circumftance to- 

 which travellers feem not to have fufneiently attend- 

 ed. As it is impoOible to approach it but on one 

 fide only, and confequently to fee it, excepting in 

 profil, or fideways ; it is no eafy matter to meafure 

 its height with inftruments. It, has, however* 

 been attempted by means of a pole tied to a long 

 line, and after many repeated trials, it has been 

 found only one hundred and fifteen, or one hundred 

 and twenty feet high. But it is impoflible to be 

 fure that the pole has not been ftopt by fome pro- 

 jecting rock for though it was always drawn up 

 wet, as well as the end of the line to which it was 

 tied, this proves nothing at all, as the water which 

 precipitates itfelf from the mountain, rifes very 

 high in foam. For my own part, after having 

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