Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-27
BANKS. FALLS OF NIAGARA.

Extract IF e|etsr toOne ef/i.e Editors cf tie Ci,cii
! nafa Inq~Sisor. dated fJrt George. u. e. Jug p.
DEAR SIR. .hsteeahly 10 intinatiou give you IL
short ana hay sketch OF my oaIGey 10 ills place We
hade IN our route The banks OF Wooster Canton New
I,s""h ana warren Tie ioIner Ofwhich found clos
su, anu tieT paper seins Tor 80 " The taIee
'a''er sim Continue, as they lave done TO
,"o irst Of those, however from The best information
couiu tatief, would suppose That caution should be
used about ,aAing considerable amoant as try
seeia,. ho"SHt TO saHn ON sandy ioah'aiiDu. aud
mol "iIeqaentiy the wlnds blow and the hoods of their
paper eohe IN upon thei. The bank III Cle,e s.,d -
mach OF the piece.
In assing through from Erie dnwnthe Lake, we fund
Tue crops greatly ued by the droush thai ia
Hs'ted The country for many years will IN no
pi"es neal the lake yield mors than half crop and
RAINY will mol get theii seed and small grain s
We remained short tine in The luurisbiny tov "A of
Buffalo, which is handsomely rebuilt: thence crossed
the Niagara at Bia Rock To Waterloo, aud look tie
stage for this place IS miles thra,rL mos, ,ri.h mi
country, all The way aording new aud uy inter
ss'ns wonders OF both nature aud You will reco
'h.s ioaa passes over many famous bate grounds
tue principal OF which as soiDtsd by British Cello
ne who rode with us, those Of Chippewa Luldy's
Lane, bndRewaier, and the Heights Queetsn which
sue o'siiooAs vast extent of country, including
pete view OF The beautiful take ontario together with
ne mouth, and IL or Ia miles of broad neanuering
Niagara have never witnessed the eIual of this view
~ punt OF iupuhiiy ahd grandeur, except the Falls,
winch II would be presumptuOus he 10 undertake To
wnen so many able pens have gone me-
no ' VI WHICH, avn sure have exaggerated and
painting The nasniiceuce awful grandeur of This
great phenomenon of nature would suppose exa.gera
'Io uimCut mere one may FEAST his eye until weary
ana return again and again, aud ind the ever VARYING
scene source OF delight silI inexbansied IL is wof
NY OF Iehah That the day before Yesterday The Fable
isock on this (Canada) side the river Immediately A.
saist the sheet split, and surface supposed OF near
pan an acre. plunged goo feet near the river
hhder The FAILS party OF ladies aud gentlemen mad
st let standing on The edge of this rock This and he
IKE circumstances, which, from The hYe piles of ,ock
pei"" appear frequent cary with them the belief or 10
NE STRONG presumption that very considerable part
H I,S Iueh mas worn away. and perhaps, very
ikeiy hom the appearance the BANKS for seven Ie
MEOW tndt Ut some period the falls have Deen opposile
the heights OF QHeenston, which idea ,ou p.i b1ns
may laVe beiSre heard advanced although it seems like
wiid ohe-yei this is ali mysterious yuk Of provi
dence ana lew more half tumbling off will adj
ns ihcy 40 no mischief cause the present generation
10 believe they have not yet arrived 10 the age of won
ders, particularly when they consider thu less Than three
times seven miles, OF perhaps something than soId
IOes all Tie way, being worn away would hoist
the Hood gate OF LAKE Erie. " ~
hd'eJhst been vewinga large bomb proof fort which
Tue Ehslsh are now finishing the point opposite Fort
Niagara Ihey would not suffer us To approach very
near II, but Judged 1t To be about tWeay feet in heigbi
dh' sOntth'ng more Is diameter Of a form NEARLY
'Und wan n" openings but go in and out Al tI
"hor surrounded b. large breet work earl, tuwn
up Aud pickced. ~
BgSdlO Mc 80 ..l have just arrived from nv short
d"h peasant lour INTO Upper Cddda aud VIII take tiue
OIL lake Erie has this day left here for Dcr bny,ug
made Two previous attempts ascend tbc i,as auoye
"tich ROCK, where she was buii aud succeeded TO day
ohly ny The assistance of However TINS dne ni
g" To c"hdenm her machinery, which they here saw is
s"peIi"I 10 any seai power abe Hnnsnh Tseg-Ijer
SOi'tI nssls but oie) is 30 Ieet long, and in clrcn
ference. " ~