Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-30
THE WONDERFUL
 FALLS OF IeUAzU
Delightful South American Beauty
 Spot in Tropical Wilderness.

The Falls of Iguazu have not been very generally advertised, for they lie somewhat out of the beaten oath of travel. but to those nature-loving and adventurous spirits who have taken the time and the trouble to visit the more remote sections of the South American interior this wonderful and beautiful work of nature has been known for many years. Among the most noted of American world-travel- CTS is Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams, whose valuable additions to the geo. graphical and ethnological knowledge of the world have made her a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of England. In the September number of the monthly magazine of the Pan- American Union this talented writer and lecturer contributes an article de- scriptive of this South American beauty spot. Mrs. Adams writes:
 BuenoS Aires, ArSentinaS dazzling metropolis, is the starting point for the tropical wilderness where the Iguazu River makes its daring leap over vine-hung cliffs on it's way to join the majestic Parana, Mother of the Sea- Before the building of the railroad which now links La Plata River ports with Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, the journey from Buenos Aires to the falls was made altogether by river steamer, a month being re- quired for the round trip. The journey ] 1 fortnight, and when railway and steamer lines make better connections. ! travellers visiting MonteVideo and Buenos Aires will be able to complete the side trip to the falls in a week.
 Tn Jesuit records of over 150 years ago, we find the first authentic ac- count of the Falls of the Iguazu. Af- | ter the expulsion of the Jesuits the falls reverted to oblivion, and it is | only in the present century that they I.- elers are attracted here in greater numbers, and within your lifetime and mine Iguazu will come into it's own.
 Let us look at it first after sunset. | as it gleams through the deep twi- | light woods, a tall palm, lige a senti- ] moon in the sky. And now again at sunrise, when rainbow -tints glint it's magic waters, and hundreds of parrots | like a string of emeralds, circle around all this is from afar The Iguazu is sireen who lures us on.
 "A broken trail leads down to a nearer view. It is the time of low | water in the Southland. and the semi- l circular falls are broken into 275 dis verdure. They make double leaps to the gorge below excepting the larg- | est, which unites Argentine and Bra zilian territory and has sheer drop l of 21S feet In width the distance around the entire circle, from the be- ginning of the Brazilian to the farth- CT edge of the Argentine Falls, is 5000 feet; but measuring around the brok- en contour of the cliffs, it Is nearly 10000 feet. In rainy season, when th6 river is swollen, all the small islandf are submerged. and, with the excep- tion of a large central island, the waters form one huge roaring cata- ract.
 ''Niagara's height varies from 15S t. 169 feet, it's width in greatest contour including Goat Island, being 4,770 feet Thus we see that Iguazu is higher and wider than it's North American fellow, if less daring in its leap. The esti- mated flow over Niagara is 1S,000, 900 cubic feet per minute. The volume of Iguazu has not as yet been very care fully calculated.
 Tt is difficult to compare the two Il n.ammoth falls of the Americas. Mi agara is most impressive as King of Winter, with a sparkling background