, 1870-09-22
THE RIVAL OF NIAGARA.
The Great Cntnroct In South Au,crf.
cn-Ncnrty Eight Hundred Feet Foil
a Column Of SNOW Wnfta Eoaua

The (rcnt Cataract In South Auscrt,
cs-Ncnrty Eight Hundred FcctF Fnl1
A Column Of snow White Foam.
Mr.. Richard Brown writes to tho London
Times, on the 10Th ult.:
: In tho month Of April last, waterfall OF
:ao.t unusual height vas discovered on the
i'otaro, = tributary OF the Essequebo River,
Of British Guiana. Being short OF provisions,
aud at great distance from his boats. Nr.
Brown was not atle to devote more than a
couple Of hours to the examination of tho
ohsetxs.;ons oi.e Dhie by onn hszty ba5ometriesl
800 feet in height, The breadth Of the
river at the top OF the falls being loo Yards
aud its depth Is feet. On lis return to
Georgetown, IL consequence Of the strong de-
:i1e expressed hy the community that care
iul Rnrvey should be made Of the fills without
delay. Alr Brown was Instructed by the Gov
crnor to proceed at once to tho falls for that
purpose, accompanied By Sir g. Tauur, Nr.
Charles M.c:e J., md Mr.. King. The result
of their journey Ii embodied IN tho enclosed
article, published in Demarara papes OF the
Sd lust, which. perhaps, you will deem Of sut-
tcieut interees 10 insert in tho columns Of
your widely-circulated Journal"
Sir George Youug gives the following de-
rallied description Of the cataract to a George
:" Although an aax.oas tha: str. Brown, as q
sASAHNC4El u &uC taEAb xAAfCtEM* 1ll, huu kUG
director TO the successful expedition which we
were permitted to accompany, should have the
telling Of his OVID story, Jet can understand
nea1 At once Of bis success. The faI! has a clesr
descent according to barumetrlcai observations
taken simultaneously bg NJ. Brown at The bot
Il sG se S9a TOY = 81 S sse1gs ise NJ oo!e Mens sa
roraro glldes smoothly in slight depression
III the table Of conElomeratc sandstone, and dts
san5 wfa o asph
certain IN the centre, but shal!0w1ng rapidly to-
warl either bank. When Nr. Brown discovered
ne ie ~ @ the ,oc1y ennn1s! mats sas
Ut 100 yaTds. At present 1t is dtn,dshiug In VOL
ume, nr1 a. the indians assured us. wifi continue
p DO 50 I'll Thsn Gn 81 csn
remain. The nest time, therefore, for visit Is IN
the spring, at the end Of what appears to be the
RAINY season on tAis elevated tract
"As VIZ saw the Fail cannot Imagine anything
more beautiful Tie central portion. which Is
never dry, forms small horseshoe OF Re -eute1ing
M tue s s
everywhere else, and here also, at few feet from
the top, q semhlance OF water disappears; It
Wse5 de e. 10 lie
forms OF the Staubbach and similar waterfalls.
but multiplied q thousand lines. into small dark
g. aeoa of IN p
cavern behind the Fall Is tue home Of thousands OF
swallows, which Issue from tt in the morning, ,anl
night The fan itself Is ono rast descending col
umn OF nne, dfy-loodnG, snoT-white substance,
bearing resemblance, ID colot and consistency.
to the suow Of an asalance, bat surprising al
aynlanches have seen ln size, and IN lhe beauty
Of the forms tnkcn by the material Of the TALL
Ralnbows OF great splendor we're obserTeA: !:
one from the font Of the fall IN the morning, one
from The summit in the afternoon; but this last
reverted, forming colored loop or ring. into
and disappear, and dart out underneath, b1ack
and foaming, 1t the gorgp and outlet OF the pool
!, "Wc spent eleven days IN ascending the
Ell US double the tIme anticipated. Five days
brought Us from TunaEunal,, tie lowest fal On the
there are 1ys catsracts two Of which at least afe