. The falls of Niagara . eason why the dogs were not killed may bethus explained. From the top of the Rapids Tower, be-fore its destruction, the spectator could get a perfect viewof the Canadian Fall. On a bright day, by lookingsteadily at the bottom of the Horseshoe, where waterfalls into water, he could see, as the spray was occasion-ally removed, a beautiful exhibition of water-cones, ap-parently ten or twelve feet high. These are formed bythe rapid accumulation and condensation of the fallingwater. It pours down so rapidly and in such quantitiesthat the water below, so to speak, cannot run
. The falls of Niagara . eason why the dogs were not killed may bethus explained. From the top of the Rapids Tower, be-fore its destruction, the spectator could get a perfect viewof the Canadian Fall. On a bright day, by lookingsteadily at the bottom of the Horseshoe, where waterfalls into water, he could see, as the spray was occasion-ally removed, a beautiful exhibition of water-cones, ap-parently ten or twelve feet high. These are formed bythe rapid accumulation and condensation of the fallingwater. It pours down so rapidly and in such quantitiesthat the water below, so to speak, cannot run off fastenough, and it piles up as though it were in a state ofviolent ebullition. These cones are constantly formingand breaking. If any strong animal should fall upon oneof these cones, as upon a soft cushion, it might slidesafely into the current below. The dogs were, doubtless,fortunate enough to fall in this way, aided also by therepulsion of the water from the rocks in the swift chan-nel through which they CHAPTER XV. Wedding tourists at the Falls — Bridges to the Moss Islands—Railway atthe ferry — List of persons who have been carried over the Falls—Otheraccidents. FOR many years Niagara has been a favorite resortfor bridal tourists, who in a crowd of strangers canbe so excessively proper that every one else can see howcharmingly improper they are. The three fine, graceful bridges which unite GoatIsland with the three smaller islands — the Moss Islands,or the Three Sisters — lying south of it were built in1858. They opened up a new and attractive feature ofthe locality, with which all visitors are charmed. Thosewho have been on them will remember what a broken,wild, tangled mass of rocks, wood, and vines theyare. Nothing on Onalaskas wildest shore could be morethoroughly primitive. A rude path with steps cut in the slope of the bankwas for several years the only way of getting down to thewaters edge at the ferry. In 1825 several flights ofstairs wer
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