Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-02-02
The Falls Of Niagara Surpassed in
India.


Did any Of our readers ever hear OF the
Gairsoppa Falls, near Honorel II not they
will probably reed with some pleasure .
description which has jos: appeared in the
eulcutta papers. II Is curious that q fall
six times the depth OF Niagara, should re-
main almos, unknown. From the village Of
Gairsoppa, reached by river of the same
name. the writer was carried for twelve
miles up the MaliDunen Pass, and reached
the Falls Bungalow shout three hours and Ia
half after leaving the top Of ths Pa's. An
amphtheaire of woods, and q river about
five hundred yards wide, rushing and boiling
TO certain point, where it is lest in a per-
7eiual mist and in an uncessing deafening
roar, must first be imagined. Leaving ths
Bungalow on the Madras side of the river.
and descending to position below the river
le'el, yod work your way up carefully and
tedi0usly over slippery rocks until you reach
a point where a rock about twice the sizs
of mans body iuts out over a precipice.
Resting fiat upon this rock, and looking
over it. you see directly before you two ou,
OF the four principal falls; these two are.
called the Great Fall" and "The Rocket"
The one contains a large body Of water.
the main body Of the river, perhaps fiIy
yards across, which falls massively and ap-
parently sluggishly into the chasm beelo~.
and the other contains a smaller body of
water, which shoots out in successive sprays
over successive poinls of rocks, till it fslla
into the same chasm. This chasm 10 at
least nine hundred feet in depth--six times
the depth of the niagara Falls, which ara
about one hundred and fifty feet. and ps--
haps a quarter to half mile IN width.
These are the first two falls to be visited.
Then move a little below your first position.
and you " i'll observe first a turgid boiling
body of water Of greater volume III tbs
Rocket Fall, rushing and steaming down
into the same chasm; this is the third fall,
the "Roarer." Then carrying your eye =
little further down. you will observe another
fall. the loviest, softes,. aud most graceful
Of all. being broad expanse of shsllow
water falling like transparent silver iaes
over a smooth surface Of polished rock into
his same chssm; this is "Ls Dsms Blanohe.~
and The White Lady Of Aveuel could not
iave been more graceful and ethereal. Bat
10 not confine yourself 70 any one plsss Ia
,rder 20 view these falls; scramble every
where you can. md get as many visws -
you can of them, and yon will be unable to
iecide upon which is the most beautiful.
A nd do you wantto have faint idea OF the
lepth ofthecha-m into which these eloriou.
waters fall! Take out your watch aud droo
Is large piece Of rock as you can hold.
rom your vi, wing place; 1t will he several
seconds before you even lose sight of tho
,iece of rock, aud then even il will 0ot have
'eached tie water at the foot OF the chssm
it will ony have been lot 10 human sighf;
'r watch the blue pigeona, whee ling and
,ircling in Gnl oui the Great Fal. within the
,hasm, ant locking like spsrr5ws in size in
he depl beneath you. But yoo have vet
,nly seen unr, aud that NOT perhaps the
ovlios', aud at least but h. most compre-
lensi,e vi'w Of the falls Yon mn.t pro-
iced two miles up the river above the falls,
md cross over at Jerry, where the waters
,re s,iI und smooth IS glass and sluggish ns
/ ii ,lltndrr, and proceed 10 the MysSrs
''ue w lHT i"'S' Na'hi"s "'S'.'o VoiHt
where you 0ill zee them all n a glance,
md III, n descending ~ nrsr n y0n ran 10.
he irot of these, rn be dfenched by the,
pray, dra'enrd by the n"ise and a~e-strurk
" tie grandeur Of The tegse, md by ihs
,resence of the Creator oi it. in The ptrpet-
al rainbow Of many snd brilliant hues
hich span the loot ~ ih, chai'n.