. The falls of Niagara . volume of water is greaterthan that in the Bogota, and falls in a single column ofdazzling whiteness seven hundred and forty feet into avast basin below. The ascending cloud of spray, thesolemn monotone of the descending flood, the extremewildness of the primitive forest, and the luxuriant andabundant growth of tropical vines and shrubs, and theirgorgeous colors, make the scene impressive. There is in Brazil, says EHsee Reclus, not far fromBahia, the wonderful cataract of San Francisco, known bythe name of Paulo Affonso. At the foot of a long slopeover which it glides
. The falls of Niagara . volume of water is greaterthan that in the Bogota, and falls in a single column ofdazzling whiteness seven hundred and forty feet into avast basin below. The ascending cloud of spray, thesolemn monotone of the descending flood, the extremewildness of the primitive forest, and the luxuriant andabundant growth of tropical vines and shrubs, and theirgorgeous colors, make the scene impressive. There is in Brazil, says EHsee Reclus, not far fromBahia, the wonderful cataract of San Francisco, known bythe name of Paulo Affonso. At the foot of a long slopeover which it glides in rapids, the river, one of the mostconsiderable of the South American continent, whirlsround and round as it enters a kind of funnel-shapedcavity, roughened with rocks, and suddenly contractingits width, dashes against three rocky masses reared up liketowers at the edge of the abyss ; then dividing into fourvast columns of water, it plunges down into a gulf twohundred and forty-six feet in depth. The principal column,. OTHER FAMOUS CATARACTS. 173 being confined in a perpendicular passage, is scarcely sixty-six feet in width, but it must be of an enormous thickness(depth), as it forms almost the whole body of the way up, the channel which contains it bends to theleft, and the falling mass, changing its direction, passesunder a vertical column of water, which penetrates throughit from one side to the other, and breaking it up into achaos of surges, converts it into a sea of foam. Sometimesthe white, misty vapor may be seen, and the thunderof the water may be heard at a distance of more thanfifteen miles. The spray and roar of Niagara are oftenseen and heard at Toronto, forty miles away, acrossLake Ontario. In Norway is found the highest perpendicular fall inthe world that is constantly supplied with water. It isthe Keel-fos, formed by a mountain stream that falls twothousand feet into the Navoens Fjord near Gudhaven, butthe water becomes a mere billowy bank of mist b
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