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draw nigh the fall, to endeavour with all their 
might, to take wing and leave the water, but 
they cannot. In the months of September and 
Ocfobcr, fuch abundant quantities of dead wa- 
terfowl are found every morning below the 
Fall, on the fhore, that the garrifon of the fort 
for a long time live chiefly upon them • befides 
the fowl, they find alfb ieverai forts of dead 
fifh, all'o deer, bears, and other animals which 
have tried to crofs the water above the fall ; 
the larger animals are generally found broken 
to pieces. Juft below the fill the water is not 
rapid, but goes all in circles and whirls like a 
boiling pot ; which however doth not hinder the 
Indians going upon it in finall canoes a ft thing; 
but a little lower begins the lmaller fall. 
When you are above the fall, and look down, 
your head begins to turn: the French who have 
been here ioo times, will feldom venture to 
look down, without at the lame time keeping 
fall hold of lome tree with one hand. 
It was formerly thought impoffible for any 
body living to come at the Iftand that is in 
the middle of the fall : but an accident that 
happen’d 1 1 years ago, or thereabouts, made it 
appear othervvile. The hiftory is this. Two 
Indians of the Six Nations went out from 
Niagara fort, to hunt upon an illand that is 
in the middle of the river, or ftrait, above the 
great fall, on which there uled to be abundance 
of dccr. They took lome French brandy with 
them 
