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leap into the abyss below. Ehen we go

leap into the abyss below. Chen we go
higher up the river and cross6e Amer
can prong of it 10 Goat Islanwhlch lies
between the two falls and " again go
out on "a platform t,fhe edg Of horse
shoe falla and we stand threeEfo1r feet
above Che rsil plupgesow n iuto
the impenetrable depths bseath US.
The Cataract here is 2.2O0gst across,
with perpendicnlar plunge l5s feet;
and IL was estim#tsd by LyeH nc 500
OOo,coO cubic feet Of water pases over
fhe lodges every hour. AS wSoup on
the right hand side of Goat fand, we
come 10 three mall islands rojec;ing
into the Canada prong of the Ter, and
connected by. light bridges. We 90 out
on the 9 and COME to the spot there a
few weeks ago a lady fell into tBiiver
aud was swept over the horse she falls
One Of the mostibeautiinl and mp. es-
sive fralOras Of. Niagara sceneP is the
rapids above the. falls. In bothProngs
of the river above the falls andin the
neighborhood OF the thr !, islans that
I have mentioned, the water RUIZ Yith
fierce rai;idity and power and pLlnses
over rocks and-drshts dowa 8sA&
pieclpic: until the face of the y is
made white with the milky sg land
foam that is splashing up in ars{ iec-
tons. The Burning Spring is a pling
of water heavily charged with sllhu-
cited hydrogen. The gss is consahtly
rising and bubblingup from theRater,
and when isnited burns with a Brilliant
fame. Nearly every visitor goes1o see
this, and it is considered a verycWions
and wonderful thing.
At each point we visited there WIRE
st.res or shops filled with souvenirs and
fancy articles for sale, many of them u
dian works, and many others beautifully
ca. we'd out of the spar hat is found aIolt
Niagara. On Goat Island the r%aIinss
and'trees, and eyenthe rocks, are CARVED
with the names Of thousandsof persons
who have in years gone by visited the
spot. There are several oAher thSgs
that might he said about Niagara. bat
the eeaporating process his vanished
into q airy nothingne>s' and we
must go m. And the end Is not yet.
The sights along the way vary like Gle
ever shifting scenes of a panorama.
Weleave Niagara Falls By the GcAad
Trunk, railway and lun down 10 old
Niagara, IS or 20 miles distant. This j.
at the mouth Of the Niagara river wlrTTp
itaenters into Lake Ontario. Hero w
embark on a boat and run up {, Lewis
ton, on the American side, seven miles
below the falls. At Lewiston we receive
considerable accessions to u numbets,
and another boat starts az we,do; Sa&S1
ing six hundred excursionists Z Oh
Lockport and vicinity t,Toronio, Cam
da, on the other side Gf Ontario. Re
tuning by old Niagara, weset out on on
Journey to Montreal nearly four hundred
miles ahead, and ali the way by water
We cross the upper end Of Lake Onta1t
and land at Toronto, an attractive look
ing city OF sixty thousand inhabitants
Here we see a vast crowd of peope
thronsing the wharves the larger por.iGt
being gaily dressed femo'es. said 30 b
there to welcome the excursion part
that follows close on our heels.
We now disembark and press our wa.
through the crowd until we reach III
tt' Corinthian," one of Tho fine steamer
that ply between Toront, aud Montreai
1t is densely crowded with passengers
and many fail secure state oOms AMI
have to sleep on the cabin deck, On beds
improvised for the purpose. The ladIe
howeverar are all comfortably Stored ava.
in The state rooms. The long table
stretching hundreds Of feet along tn
cabin deck, have {, be set several time
70 accommodate the passengers on boarL
and you may be sure. that n fearful on
slaught is made upon the bountiIul an
sumptuous repasG which is each time 80
before us. The day is clear and calm
and pl SAINT breezes play about US as W
plough through the smooth linipid wa
tiers of Ontario. The gEGsassap Siel'1550k Q,
every hand at the expansive waters tltl
surround us. But our route for the mos
part is not far from the Canadian shore
and we frequently TURF in aud stop q
the pretty ,wns along the way. Every
body on !. ard is in fine spirits, and "
chat with many pleasant people comm!
from all sections Of the country. TIL
majority of Il company seem t, b
tourists and sight soers. AS we pas
over the Grand Trunk Railroad an,
along the Canadian shore, we see man,
fine farms ranging over a very inviting
looking country. In some places tn
country looks like it does between Ro
chester and the falls. We are f)ld tia
the improved farms ave worth from fit,
to eighty dollars per acre. The product
Of the country are like those in Western
New York, and the Two horse reaper.
are frequently seen cutting down tin,
luxuriant oats that are now just ripenins
for the harvest. We sleep OH tho bosom
of the lake, and about day light we on
tor the St. Lawrence river. AT Kingston
I went out on the front deck about sun
rise and found it 10 be shivering cold
but later in the day it became more pleas
ant. The trip along the 81. Lawrence i,
very fine. The principal features are
the Thousand Islands that we pass, eel
ebrated for their beauty and regarded 10y
all who travel this way as salendia
scenery. This is a capital place { , lingel
at during the hot summer months.
AS we approach Montreal we go through
a succession of rapids, and when we
come to IL of the 10 everybody rushes
on deck and quite an exhilarling ex.
element ensues. The most dangerous
rapids are at Lachine near Montreal,
where an Indian pilot comes on board
and guides us safe through the rocks
A Canal is cut around this point, and for
a long time these rapi1 Ks were consider
ed to be impassable, but the steamers
now pass them every day.
ATT o'clock p. M. wo again set our
feet OH terra firi1a at Montreal. This Is
the largest city in the Canadian provinces,
II hundred and fifty thousand
inhabitants, and they are a bstter look