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wards; however it was not put to the test ; 
for the messenger returned in a few minutes 
with the woeful intelligence that the brandy 
and goblets had been stolen. We were at no 
great loss in guessing who the thieves were. 
Perched on the rocks, at a little distance from 
us, sat a pair of the river nymphs, not 
" nymphs with sedged crowns and ever 
harmless looksnot temperate nymphs,” 
but a pair of squat sturdy old wenches, that 
with close bonnets and tucked up petticoats 
had crawled down the cliff, and were busied 
with long rods in angling for fish. Their noisy 
clack plainly indicated- that they had been 
well pleased with the brandy, and that we 
ought not to entertain any hopes of recover¬ 
ing the spoil; we e'en slaked our thirst, there¬ 
fore, with a draught from the wllolesome flood, 
and having done so, boldly pushed forward, 
► and before it was quite dark regained the ha¬ 
bitations from whence we h^i started. 
On returning we found a well-spread table 
laid out for us in the porch of the house, and 
having gratified the keen appetite which the 
fatigue we had encountered had excited, our „ 
friendly guides, having previously given us* 
instructions for examining the Falls more par¬ 
ticularly, set off by moonlight for Niagara, and 
we repaired to Fort Chippeway, three miles 
above the Falls, which place wc made our 
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