New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-01
Professor II ndalI At Niagara.


On che ii... evening Of Il: visit, I n.e:, =:
! IN. head o: B.dGle. s.ai:, the guild. % che
Cave o. Che Winds. He "a. IN the prime
! 0; msnhocd-lar2e. ~s!.-buiic. FIN and
pleasant II mouth and eve. NJ Interest il
| the scene .t:!eG Up his. and mad. hin
! communicative. Turning 20 a photograph.
| he described. By reference toi,, a tea. which
he had s.ccrrap l shed some time previously.
| and WHICH. h-.i b:oUgh; him alNo.: unie:
! Che yre.. water .: che Horseshoe + al.
Can you lead ~: there tomorrow
! asked lie eyed me :noiirinyly, weighing
perhaps, the c.ances o: man Of light build
! and with gcs: IN hi. whiaker. ia .1ch al
undertaking Il wish" ! added, $50 see a.
much Of The fall can be seen, and where
yon lead 1 VII. endeavo. % follow Hi.
| scru.ny relaxed into smile, and he ssid,
! ''Ter- well: .tal. he ready 70, you 20 I.o:
row.
On e.. morrow. accordingly. came. IN
ne hi. a. the head OF BId0l.'. stair /
stripped wholly, and yeGGeesed according 70
MISUNDERSTANDING on two pairs OF
wooden panta!ooH. three woOlen jackets.
Two pair. Of socks, and pair OF Eel. shoes.
Even j: vet. my guide urged that Tn.
clothe. would keep me from being chilled,
and he wa. right. A sHi: and hood Of vel.
low oii-cloth covered all. Mos. laudable
prec.ution. we're taken by the young as.
.i.tant 9th. guide 20 keep .he ate. out, but
his device. broke down Immediately when
severely tested.
We de.cended The stair: The handle Of a
pitchfork 9oin. in Wy case the dut: Of An
apenstOck. A, the bottom my guide in
CURED whether re should 60 first n the
Cave 0: the Winds. or 20 the Horseshoe. re-
marking that the latter would try u. most.
l decided 70 get the soughes. done first.
and he turned TO the left over the stones.
They were sharp and trying. The Dase Of
the first portion OF the cataract i. covered
with huge bOUldcrs. obviously the ruin. OF
the limestone ledge above. The water does
not distribute itself uniformly anon. these,
but seeks Cor itself channels through which
il pour. torrentiaily. We passed some OF
these with wetted feet, but withou, diff
Guilty. At length we came 20 the side Of
more formidable current. My guide walked
along it, edge until he reached its least tur-
bulent portion. Hating. he said. ''Thi. is
our creates. difficulty: if we can cross
here. W. shall! get far toward the Horse.
shOe.
He waded in. T. evidently required all
his strength to steady him. The waite. rose
above hi. lOins, and il foamed still higher.
He al 10 search for footing amid unseen
bOulder.. against which the torrent rose
violently. He struggled aud swayed. but
he struggled successfully. and finally
reached the .hallOwer water at the other
side. Stretching gu. his arm, he said to me.
'Sow come on" looked down the torrent
as it rushed to the river. which was seeth-
ing with the tumult Of the cataract. De
Seussurc recommended the inspection of
Alpine dangers with the view Of making
them familiar to the eye before they are en-
countered; and it il a wholesome custom,
in places of difficulty. to put the possibility
of an accident clearly before the mind, and
to decide beforehand what ought to be done
should the accident occur. Thus woundup
in the present instance, entered the water.
Even where it was not more than knee-deep
its power was manifest. As it rose around
me, I sought 90 split the torrent by present
ing . side 70 il; but the insecurity of the
footing enabled it TO grasp the lOins twist
me fairly round, and bring its impetus to
bear upon my back. Further struggle was
impossible; and, feeling my balance hope
lessly gone, turned flung myself toward
the bank had just quilted, and was il.
stantly swept into shailswer water.
The oilc!oth covering was great !ucum
brance it had been made tot much
stouter man. and, standing upright after
my submersion. my legs occupied the cen
ters of two bags Of water. My guide eS.
horted me TO try again. Prudence was a:
my elbow, whispering discussion but, TAX
ing everything into account. it appeared
more immoral to retreat than 10 proceed.
! once DOEt sLTcdm. IlAl luc
alpenstOck been OF iron it might have helped
me but AZ 10 was the tendency of the wa
ter to sweep it out of my hands rendered it
worse than useless. l. however, chung to it
by habit. Again the torrent rose. and again
! wavered; but, by keeping the left hip
we'll against il, : remained upright. and
al length grasped the hand of my leader at
the other side. He laughed pleasantly.
The first victory was gained, and he eujOved
- trava1ar - ha sa;H baro
before" Soon afterward, by trusting to
piece of DRIFT wood which seemed firm,
was again taken off my feet, but was in
mediately caught bv protrudng rock.
We clambered over the boulders toward
the thickest spray, which soon became so
weighty as to cause us to stagger under its
shock For the most part nothing could be
seen; we were in the midst of bewildering
tumult, dashed By the waters which sounded
at times like the cracking of innumerable
whips. Underneath this was the deep, re-