FALLS OF NIAGAKA. 379 
Antrim, and Down ; the latter of which 
V *^six point on the south-east side. It re- 
A L ^siderable rivers, four of smaller note, and 
notwithstanding which, it has but one 
t, IfCiii; !.®.'^*®oharge of this great flux of waters. Among 
fe. ‘ it lias that of petrifying vegetable sub- 
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It aK *'°*’*Ii‘'"'est, nearly dividing it into two equal 
Wi.f is divided into two branches, the Up]a?f 
'^I'ich are thus formed by the water being con- 
|y'ii| rnmn-jcc nf a rW'f-*!* fnr St'Vi'r;4 
;r, -itiei. compass of a considerable river for several 
i||, , '''itich, having spread, it forms the lower lake, 
V* Of ij ^'^ches, it takes its source ilirough the whole 
iUq'to County of Femianiiagh, from the souUi-east 
it pk *'°*’di-west, nearly dividing it into two equal 
atg '^dh a great variety of fishes, among 
of a prodigious size. 
^^taracts and cascades. 
hve, 
falls of NIAGARA. 
C'' fj- 
» Upper Canada, takes its rise in the 
't?' of Lake Erie, and, after flowing for twelve 
Pfies itself into Lake Ontario. Its breadth is 
'”^d its iepth very considerable ; but its 
SluJ’ontly ?®®cdiiigly strong and irregiflar, and its channel 
^jj**J^®‘'spersed with rocks, that it is navigable for 
gtaH Pi'oceeding lower, the stream widens, 
recede fiom the view, and the current, 
V si[^’ smooth and regular. At fort Chippeway 
'w ®d one league above the cataracts, the scene is 
to 
4 K duuve LUC CfUaiacia, tiic auciic Dk 
f ''let ■ violently agitated, tliat a' boat 
the" 
is shore, is sufficient to strike terror 
'K'^k 
^Jig V dashed in pieces, were it permitted 
U_ sitmt/arl r»n iLa Ktinlr Sn imrxiatnnncKr 
situated on its bank. So impetuously do 
^toong the rocks, that the mere sight of 
y'1^5 ■•‘^i^cent shore, is sufficient to strike terror 
ijlig j As it approaches the falls, the stream 
V'tii'^Pynd '■^doubled fury, until it reaches the edge 
precipice, when it tumbles suddenly to llie 
1 ' at (u- ^ Meeting with any obstruction in its descent, 
place, the river strikes off to the right, and 
