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FouRTu caused me many a day of pain and mortification, as will 



Journey. 



be seen in the sequel. 



Buffalo. Buffalo looks down on Lake Erie, and possesses a fine 



and commodious inn. At a little distance is the Black 

 Rock, and there you pass over to the Canada side. A 

 stage is in waiting to convey you some sixteen or twenty 

 miles down to the falls. Long before you reach the spot 

 you hear the mighty roar of waters, and see the spray of 

 the far-famed falls of Niagara, rising up like a column 

 to the heavens, and mingling with the passing clouds. 

 The falls of At tliis stupcudous cascadc of nature, the waters of the 

 Niagara. j^kc fall ouc huudrcd and seventy- six feet perpendicular. 



It has been calculated, I forget by whom, that the quantity 

 of Avater discharged down this mighty fall, is six hundred 

 and seventy thousand two hundred and fifty-five tons per 

 minute. There are two large inns on the Canada side ; 

 but, after you have satisfied your curiosity in viewing the 

 falls, and in seeing the rainbow in the foam far below 

 where you are standing, do not, I pray you, tarry long 

 at cither of them. Cross over to the American side, and 

 there you will find a spacious inn, which has nearly all 

 the attractions ; there you meet with great attention, 

 and every accommodation. 



The day is passed in looking at the falls, and in 

 sauntering up and down the wooded and rocky environs 

 of the Niagara ; and the evening is often enlivened by the 

 merry dance. 



