Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-06-26

10 our mo,. f,o,b,,dv oD,o,nr;,o os dosoendinol5O
feet pernendicula, ani oo;np under the great
sheet of water M Nia,ara twertv wears ago and
standing in h,ss,bloss ,vond.r m tho slipperv de-
hr;s If tho c,,nb,in, ,,.L. in thu midst-tbe very
how,iso t ,b,, ,h,,aao.;., ..,o,.c,
To SAW Tho ,o,D,to, ..d ,ho ,os, ~ thu village
tho main stream bo. bo.n direc,od from It's an
cient channel sinco tho dovso Rvron. hut when
ono sec, where that stream went in its full torrent
in the path which ia now occupjed nv only n com.
paratiyo rivulet, can we'll SEQ how it might be
called hell Of waters-reaIizinp all the dangers
all the terrors and all tho mains which irressti-
bic waters could inaic, unon IL. victims. II can
not be described, Of course, but those who are
at all familiar with the manner in which calca-
reous hills aud cliffs form marvellous winding pas
sages and curious inches, seats Of stalagmite
and draperics Of stalactites and cells and cham
bors and caverns and wells. can form perhaps
somo idea bow ,iver falling down some fifty |
foo, ,brou,b such roots-,orn and mined and
u..hod ood .;osod i;Lo ,bo vbor,s If n shattered
,n.hin,,od sho,,--uo,,ld lao, md vheeI md dash
and toss and summerso, and finally deliver itself
in foam and spray at the bottom.
Having finished this descent and returned to
the upper air, we crossed over to get view of the
town and tho temples. 1t is from the brow of
the ravine on the other side that
we best take in view in which the
natural and artihcial-the new and the old-the
modern and the ancient-the useful and the
agreeable and the beautiful-the romantic and the
sublime are blendei in more interesting cOmbina-
,ions than I have ever before seen.
L.; NJ made
nv tunpeliug the travertne rock Of tho hill on
tho onpo,te side Of the town, and turning the
| noin stroam through that tunnelfrom the mouth
| of which the river in one unbroken sheet leaps
about so feet to the head Of the river below, and
then winds round the town The tunnel itself
II, In fact two tunnels-is an excee lingly in
,...;,, snoo;nsn y, eno;neerinu. I succeeded
:, no,,inr AZ mar 10 !, a, IN look into its very
throat. About one-eighth Of mile across the arc
oftherayine is sort of terrace cau.eway or bridge
in full view of the falls. When the tunnel Of the
new falls was finished and tho water was to be let
on there was the central point Of the celebration
of so important an event. Mariana was there
and he gave me gra phic account Of it. There
we're crowd, Of admiring spectators-the travel
Iers-tbe high nobility-the officers Of state
the Diplomatic body and the troops and IN ponu
,oco-aIl eves bent in breathless and sile n
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