. rootsa number of little rills run back into the gulf, but, as they flowdown the steep w^all there, the column of vapor, in its ascent,licks them up clean off the rock, and away they mount are constantly running down, but never reach the bottom. On the left of the island we see the water at the bottom, awhite rolling mass moving away to the prolongation of the fissure,Which branches off near the left bank of the river. A piece ofthe rock has fallen off a spot on the left of the island, and jutsout from the water below, an
. rootsa number of little rills run back into the gulf, but, as they flowdown the steep w^all there, the column of vapor, in its ascent,licks them up clean off the rock, and away they mount are constantly running down, but never reach the bottom. On the left of the island we see the water at the bottom, awhite rolling mass moving away to the prolongation of the fissure,Which branches off near the left bank of the river. A piece ofthe rock has fallen off a spot on the left of the island, and jutsout from the water below, and from it I judged the distancewhich the water falls to be one hundred feet. The walls of thisgigantic crack are perpendicular, and composed of one homo-geneous mass of rock. The edge of that side over which thewater falls is worn off two or three feet, and pieces have fallenaway, so as to give it somewhat of a serrated appearance. Thatover which the water does not fall is quite straight, except atthe left corner, where a rent appears, and a piece seems in-. VICTORIA FALLS KAINBOW SUPERSTITION. 221 clined to fall off. Upon the whole, it is nearly in the state inwhich it was left at the period of its formation. The rock isdark brown in color, except about ten feet from the bottom,which is discolored by the annual rise of the water to that or agreater height. On the left side of the island we have a goodview of the mass of water which causes one of the columns ofvapor to ascend, as it leaps quite clear of the rock, and forms athick unbroken fleece all the way to the bottom. Its whitenessgave the idea of snow, a sight I had not seen for many a it broke into (if I may use the term) pieces of water, allrushing on in the same direction, each gave off several raysof foam, exactly as bits of steel, when burned in oxygen gas,give off rays of sparks. The snow-white sheet seemed likemyriads of small comets rushing on in one direction, each ofwhich left behind its nucleus rays of fo
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