. The falls of Niagara . Wm* y^. Opposite page 176. The Staubbach — Switzerland. OTHER FAMOUS CATARACTS. \J^ about one hundred and twenty feet perpendicularly intoa dark abyss below. The fall of water was snow-white,which had a superb effect, as it contrasted with the darkcliffs that walled the river, while graceful palms of thetropics and wild plantains perfected the beauty of theview. A writer in Hamiltons East Indian Gazetteer givesus an account of the cataract of Gungani Chuki in thenorthern branch of the river Cavery. Much the largerstream is broken by projecting masses of rock into oneca
. The falls of Niagara . Wm* y^. Opposite page 176. The Staubbach — Switzerland. OTHER FAMOUS CATARACTS. \J^ about one hundred and twenty feet perpendicularly intoa dark abyss below. The fall of water was snow-white,which had a superb effect, as it contrasted with the darkcliffs that walled the river, while graceful palms of thetropics and wild plantains perfected the beauty of theview. A writer in Hamiltons East Indian Gazetteer givesus an account of the cataract of Gungani Chuki in thenorthern branch of the river Cavery. Much the largerstream is broken by projecting masses of rock into onecataract of prodigious volume and three or four smallertorrents. The first plunges into the river below from aheight variously estimated at from one hundred to onehundred and fifty feet, while the others, impeded in theircourse by intervening rocks, work their way with manyfantastic evolutions to a distance about two hundred feetfrom the base of the precipice, where they all unite tomake a single final plunge, while the other br
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