falls of NIAGARA. 
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*™'y surprising an exhibition, that persons 
® l)ee,| ^®>'ded in its vicinity for several years, and who 
sublimity, ingenuously 
s*'e to 3^> their last visit, that they were never able 
j^‘'*'^pver its peculiar grandeur, 
c nearly opposite to one extremity of Fort 
jiiiti tire falls are seen in a veiy interesting 
'"‘ng, " 
(.'Is 
■“aiiit sceneiy there, it is true, is less magnificent, 
'■3 '^*eral ^ • *nore beautiful than from any other station. 
sid*"'®'* beneath the precipice the river is bounded, 
C by steep and lofty clifts, composed of earth 
'V*'^ to [j 't^lt Iti most parts are perpendicuhir. The 
Vlf °f tbe falls is here accomplished by 
C *‘<les Inrmed of long pine trees, with notches on 
^tiiidi,^*^ "'hich the traveller rests his feet, and 
C. * \ol.- ^ Varietv nf hntri* misshanen rocks and np 
pas.ses 
irietv of huge misshapen rocks and pendent 
seem to threaten him with instantaneous 
ij||.'"'tu,) rhe breadth of tlie river in this part is about 
''vi Olq'j.’, towards the right, on die opposite side, 
V. b’ALL appears in a very advantageous point 
by the one half of the Horse-shoe fall is 
fill ! ‘^l‘H> but its partial prospect i.s 
ihe bottom of the former of these falls is 
^il'*' **“>cli^ beauiifiil white foam, winch ascends from the 
siUou'’“^tunes, but does not rise into the air like a 
its is the case with that of the latter faH. 
\f ‘tSi 
t 'li6 t’f considerable, as to descend like a 
*■ ’’ivcf 
I'V ‘‘ef uear the second ladder, on the opposite side 
tSi ^ ‘'t-i. brink, and along the strand, to the 
^iii'tn constantly seen shattered trees and 
l|ir '’iolf. ^ '''hich have been carried away by the 
of tlie current. 
’■'Wl,, of the cataracts, as it descends 
'1 *be rocks, is occasionally a dark green, 
i't '5 foaming brilliant white, displaying a thou- 
^ according fo the- state of the atmos- 
^ sun, or the force of the wind, 
i^fli . ®P**ay, resulting from the falls, frequently 
^^ight, and literally mingles with the 
^^rnainder, broken in its descent by frag- 
in continual agitation. The noise. 
' ®nd 
•■apid descent of the stream, continue about 
