Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-01-26
lFrom tie Tines' Calcutta Coygospoaieat.I
4 Waterfall six times the depth cf
Niagara.


Did any Of your readers ever hear Of the
Gairsoppa Falls, near Honore2 II not, they
will probably read description which has Just
appeared, with some pleasure. It is curious
that fall six tines the denth Of Niagara should
remain almost Unknown. From the village of
Gairsoppa reached by river of the same name
The writer was carried for twelve miles up the
Malimuuch pass, and reached the Falls banga
low about three and q half hours after leaving
the top Of the pass:
" An ampitheatre Of woods, and river about
500 yards wide, rushing aud boiling 10 Ger,
tain point where it is los. in perpetual mist
and in an unceaSiug, deafeuing roar, must first
he imagined. Leaving he bungalow on tie
Madras side of the river, and descending t1
position below the river level. you work your
way up carefully and tedioas,y ovgFy slippery
rocks, until you reach q point, where rock
about the size Of Z mans body iu.s ont over &
precpice- Resting fas upo9 this rock, aad
looking over it, y0u see directly before T02,
Two ont Of the four principal falls these two
are called the Great Fall and :he Rocket"
The one contains large body OF water, the
main body Of the river, perhaps so yards across
which falls massvely aud apparently SlaCr;shlg
into the chasm below and the other coltaiasa
smaller body Of water, which shoots out 10 sue.
CeSsive sprays ever successive points OF rock,
till it falls into the same caasm. Tie chasE
is at least 500 feet in depth.sx tim2s the depth
Of the Niagara falls, which are abou. $50 feet
and perhaps quarter to half g mile IN width
These are the first two fails 10 be visited Then
move little below your first posit.oa and you
will observe first turgid, boiling body of
af he io I'll
running and steamiag down into the same
chasm,-this is the third fall, tie "Roarer," )"
and then carrying voar eve littlc further down
you will observe another fall, the loTeest, soft.
est, aud most graceful. Ct ali being broad cx-
p1Ese Of shallow water falling like transparent
silver lace over q smooth surface of polished
rock ia this same chaSam this is g La Dame
B.ancne' aGd the While Lads Of A7enel con'd
not have been more graceful and ethereal. Bat
DO not coHdGe yourself TO any one place in or
der to viewing these fails Scramble every
where YOU can, and get is many views as YOU
can CT them. and sou will be unable TO decide
upon which IS The most beautiful. And do YOU
wan: to have faint idea of the depth of the
chasm into which the glorious waters fall .
Take on, y0nr watch and drop as large a piece
ofrock as yoG can hold from vour viewing place
ii will he several seconds before YOU even lose
sight Of the piece of rock, and then even il gill
not have reached the wafer at the foot OF The
chaSm. it viii ouly have been lost to human
sight or watch the blue pigeons wheeling
and circ.iu- - and on, the Great Fa. within
the c!,asm, aud looking Ike sparrogs 10 SIZE
in the depths beneath you. Bat y2u have yet
only seen one, aud that not perhaps that love
Hest, aud al least not the most comprehensive
view Of the falls. You mast p,o,eed two miles
up the river above the falls and cross Over at
ferry, where the waters are Stii. smooth as
glass and Sluggish as HoiiIndcr, aad proceed
TO the MySore side Of the falls. walking FIRST tJ
point where yol vii see them all at 4 glance
aud then descending as near IS You can to the
foot Of these, 10 be drenched by the spray,
teareaed by the noise, and ane-Sirlck by tie
grandeur Of the scene and by the visible pres
enre OF the Creator of it. 10 the perpetual
rainbow Of many and brilliant hGes which spans
the foot OF the chasm"