Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
VICTORIA FALLS.
One of the Most beautiful spectacIes
In the World.

In the world.
There is a fine description of VIC
toria falls In the Zambezi river In E.
F. Knights South Africa After the
War" The author says: THE nature
Of the extraordinary volcanic assure
that created the falls cannot easily be
realized without reference to a map,
but at the point under consideration
the mighty Zambezi flows, roughly,
from north to south. At about half
mile above the falls the river is a
mile and half in breadth. Then It
contracts, and the breadth at the falls
themselves Is little over mile. or.
to be exact, 1898 yards. And here,
to one looking over the edge, the great
river seems suddenly to come to an
end, no continuation of its channel
being visible. The Zambezi for its
whole mile of breadth thufiders down
precipitously into a comparatively mar
row, profound trench or canyon. which
extends at right angles to the rivers
course from shore to shore. Beyond
the falls one is faced by the perpen-
dicular wall Of the canyon. Below the
madly whirling spray obscures the
view Of the bottom Of the canyon,
and 1t seems as II the whole mighty
food were falling into the center Of
the earth through this awful chasm.
But the river has its exit, a precip-
itous cleft, only ten yards In breadth,
near the eastern end Of the canyon,
through which the whole Of the con,
tracted Zambezi rushes with incred-
ible speed, fury and confusion, form
Ing at this point what Is called the
Boiling Pot. surely one of this earth's
most terrific scenes.
II believe" the author adds, that on
that day was gazing at the most per-
fectly beautiful spectacle of all this
beautiful world. 1t was the lovely
tenderness of the rich coloring. bathed
In that translucent atmosphere of thin.
pearly haze, rather than the awful
majesty Of the scene that impressed
one. At our feet, far below, the rag
Ing food Numbered away down the
canyon to the exit In the misty dis
lance On our left the line Of the cata-
ract, plunging into the swiriing spray
beneath, was clearly visible for some
way out with its white avalanches and
coruscating spray. and then gradually
became less distinct In the thin base
until ct last far on beyond Livingstone
island It disappeared from our vision
In the luminous pearl-like mist that
formed the background to all the land
Dcape.
ron Our right, facing the cataract,
doomed the 600 foot high wall Of the
canyon, topped by the lush green Rain
forest with its ever dripping branches.
And as we looked new wonders b.
came gradually revealed to our won
dering gaze. began to perceive n
nooks Of the black prscipicss halfway
down strange plants growing. a. In
happy confidence their fragile rainbow
hued blossoms ever shaking IN he
wind and driving spray, but oafs ana
unframed amid this etornal seerm.
And down the black cli6 wall On nv
night ! saw hundreds Of tiny VIM
stsamlsts pouring formed By tie ~
turning spray from he Rain forest
And - I watched them discovered 1
strange thing.
These falling streams never rsached
~ bottom q the chasm. Thoy dropped
mtp uttIo cascadss 10 abeut I thasd e
~ wv down. ana thsn, q Y oefytns
~ hws q gravity. thoy lltorally tim,
- round and came back again, nouns