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point whence you can see q little way
into the inscrItable mist-veilcd arch Of
the Horseshoe
This Is fine, but the rest Of the cxperi-
enCe Is finer. You enter the mouth of a
gloomy tunnel, stumble along few Yards
in gross darkness and come out behind .
laundering sheet Of foam white pluupirg
water. That Is 10 be really in Ninlur.s.
Here hide your time, keeping your ,l n
discreetly lowered to avoid shippuo ..
cataract, and breathing when the H."
spray will let you and YOU will have .su. n
brci glimpses Of the glittered green cost
Of the fall As will come to you Away ia
your dreams. All the while though tic
water trickle from your eyebrows and "A
thrifty riVulet course down your no. G.,
ana more or less scudding spray get up
your rubber sleeves, you are in absolute
safety.
DOWN THE GORGE.
Released from your rubber shroud yc,t
are ready for the trip down the gorge II
your arc both wise and sturdy you viii
walk as far as the steel-arched bridge.
stopping long at Inspiration Point. and at
the little bazaar building whose wide
plate glass window frames in the whole
expanse o. the American Fall.
At the bridge you change trolleys for
Queenstown, a trip best made without
stop-ovors. The inclined railway at tho
Whirlpool Rapids charges II quarter 10
carry you down the bluff and the view IS
practically the same which you get with
out extra expense from the American sidg
of the river. The best part Of the rids
down the Canadian bluff is from tho
Whirlpool down. The trolley circles the
edge Of this strange loop in the ri r,
treating YOU TO amazing Vows ~ t.ls
most amazing phenomenon.
The Whirlpool itself is too pacd-Iool,-
ing to be as impressive as some writers
would have one think But the groat
sweeping right angie in the stream " 81. re
the now river meets the ancient pre-u.a-
cial channel of ST. Davids gorge, is poo
foundly impressive, we'll as geoloc-
caily significant. At Queenstown tho tsr,-
ley shows you. too, tho ancient shore lia,
OF Lake Ontario, known as the Niara.a
escarpment, sharp range Of bluffs over
looking the placid vineyard planted plain
which stretches away to the modern lake.
Here the river, its tumbes and rioting
over. spreads out into a broad blue
stream too limpid and too langud so much
as to ripple
Nobody who knows how to do Mag
ara makes the mistake of coming back
up the gorge on the Canadian side. The
trolley runs too far from the edge 10
catch the finest views which were avail
able going down and then the Gorge road
ABLY finer than anything from the top OF
the bluff. Therefore at Queenstown you
cross the river to Lewiston and take the
American trolley up the river.
IN PROSPECT PARK.
Arrived in Prospect Park you had BIT
ter go down the inclined railway to Tire
foot Of the American FAN Uahlne 5 r
umbrella with yoD, to feel tho splcn /
rush and mighty volume Of the river. q
effect which you can never hope to t
fully from the top on the fall.
The Maid-of-the-Mist starts from tn
foot of tho incline and thrusts It's importi-
nent prov into the very arch Of the
Horseshoe. If YOU have not already horp
into the mist on the Canadian side y,I
will want to don a ruhber-hooded .oat
and take passage in her. She gives y'u
wonderful climpses OF the whit Hing
water, her only fault Is that she doc. I
stay long enough Whereas at the foot :
the Dulferin elevator You may spend tie
morning If you please. The Maid y :
helpessly for few moments IN the hoay-
in5 welter Of foam at the base OF th
Horseshoe and then precipitately retire
Fituer the trip by The Maid of-the Mis- -
Cave Of the Winds but one of the thr+e
every visitor to Niagara ought certa ll
to taxi to he convinced of the Full maj,S-
ty Of the Falls.
So much for the route starting from
the Canadian side. II you arrive on N
American side II Is best 10 60 at once tn
the foot Of the inclined railway then 70
Prospect Point. then walk across the
bridge and If possible up TO Table oi-.
Whether you ride or walk YOU must s't
the Horseshoe at close range. From r
lie Rock the route Is the "a me as If to.4
had arrived by boat at $idters Foilt. 60
down the Canadian side 10 Queenstown
and UP the American coming back to