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feen at five Leagues di fiance, and rifes as high 
as the common Clouds. In this Brume or Cloud, 
when the Sun fiiines, you have always a glorious Rain- 
bow. 
Of the River it felf, which is there called the River 
Wagard, he tells me it is much narrower at the Falls, 
than either above or below, and that from below 
there is no coming nearer the Falls by Water, than 
about fix EnglilJ) Miles, the Torrent is lb rapid, and 
withal fuch terrible Whirl-pools. 
He confirms Father Hennepin s and Mr. K dings Ac- 
count of the large Trouts of thofe Lakes, and folemn- 
ly affirmed there was one taken lately, that weighed 
eighty fix Pounds; which 1 am the rather inclined to 
believe upon, the general Rule that Fifii are according 
to their Waters. To confirm which, a very worthy 
Minifier, now alive in Idew England, affirmed to me; 
That while he was a Prifoncr at Mon-real, in Canada 
River, he faw a Pike brought up one Day from the 
River to the Governours Houfe, and carried upon a 
Pole between two Men, that meafured Five Foot, and 
' Ten Inches long, and proportionably large. 
I my felf this laft Summer, faw a Cataract, three 
] Leagues above AUran), in the Province of I^evo Tork, 
I upon. ScheneBada'^vitt called the Cohes, which they 
I count much of there ; and yet that is not above 40 or 50 
IFoot perpendicular. From thefe Fall? alfb there riles 
:a mifiy Cloud, which dcfcends like fmali Rain, thar, 
iwhen the Sun fhines, gives a handfome fmali Rain- 
Ibow that moves as you move, according to the An- 
^gle of Vifion. The River at the Cohoes is to 40 or 
<50 Rods broad, but then it is> ery fl^ailow Water, for 
II was fold thar in a dry Time, the whole River runs 
iin a Channel of not more than fifteen Foot wide. 
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