. Pauls' dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and vicinity a descriptive index and guide to the various institutions, public buildings, societies, amusements, resorts, etc., in and about the city of Buffalo . r from a point about midway from the Stair to the Horseshoe from the bank he erected ascaffold 96 feet high, from which hetwice made successful leaps. Impressions of Visitors. We went as far as the spray would permit, and got down to the edge of the It was terrific to look up. The ^■■h^i l^^m water. ^M overhanging cliffs of Goat Island wereabove our heads, In front, be
. Pauls' dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and vicinity a descriptive index and guide to the various institutions, public buildings, societies, amusements, resorts, etc., in and about the city of Buffalo . r from a point about midway from the Stair to the Horseshoe from the bank he erected ascaffold 96 feet high, from which hetwice made successful leaps. Impressions of Visitors. We went as far as the spray would permit, and got down to the edge of the It was terrific to look up. The ^■■h^i l^^m water. ^M overhanging cliffs of Goat Island wereabove our heads, In front, betweenus and the sky, the azure waters, twentyfeet and more in depth, glided over theFall, and then, beaten up into whitespray, surged past our feet like an agi-tated sea of milk. The grandeur of thescene is enhanced by the great masses ofrock hurled down by the waters into con-fused heaps below. Their huge blackoutlines, dimly visible through the surfadd to the feeling of terrific power with which we are impressed in gazingon this scene. Down here I saw but one hardy individual beside ourselves—elsewhere there were crowds. Here it was nature in all her undisturbedmagnificence.—William Fej^guson, F. L. Rocky Beach, looking toward Horse-shoe Falls. Porters Bluff.—Terrapin View. (13.) On the Spot.—From the platform at the head of the stair-way leading down to Terrapin Rocks, which lie at the edge ofthe Horseshoe Fall, a remarkably fine view of this great Fallmay be had. Here we are 40 feet higher than at any otherstandpoint as near to the Fall. Niagara AvS It Is. 223 From here, too, the eye takes in a picturesque view of thewhole vicinity. Look from the bold outlines of ths cragsnear the shore on which you stand, to Terrapin Rocks and thetrees beneath you. The falling water is foaming white wherethin streams leap downward around the bend near the shore ;at the extremity of the chasm it is a wonderful deep green, re-lieved by occasional splashes of white mist and sp
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