NIAGARA FALLS. 
the habit of descending by tlieir means. We 
did not attempt to get to the bottom of the 
cliff by this route, but proceeded to the other 
place, which is lower down the river, called 
Mrs. Simcoe’s Ladder, the ladders having been 
,originally placed there for the accommodation 
of the lady of the late governor. This route 
is much more frequented than the other; the 
ladders, properly so called, are strong and 
firmly placed, and none of them, owing to 
the frequent breaks in the cliff, are required to 
be of such a great length hut what even a lady 
might pass up or down them without fear of 
danger. To descend over the rugged rocks, 
however, the whole way down to the bottom of 
the cliff, is certainly no trifling undertaking, 
and few ladies, I believe, could be found of 
sufficient strength of body to encounter the 
fatigue of such an expedition. 
On arriving at the bottom of the cliff, you 
ffnd yourself in the midst of huge piles of 
mishapen rocks, with great masses of earth and 
rocks projecting from the side of the cliff, and 
overgrown with pines and cedars hanging over 
your head, apparently ready to crumble down 
and crush you to atoms. Many of the large 
trees grow with their heads downwards, being; 
suspended by their roots, which had taken 
such a firm hold in the ground at the top of 
the cliff, that when part of it gave way the 
