. Greatest wonders of the world . atch it through thetrees, and see the wreathing water in the rapids hurrying onto take its fearful plunge; to linger in the shadow of thesolemn rocks three miles below; watching the river as,stirred by no visible cause, it heaved and eddied and awokethe echoes, being troubled yet, far down beneath its surface,by its giant leap ; to have Niagara before me, lighted by thesun and by the moon, red in the days decline, and grey asevening slowly fell upon it; to look upon it every day, andwake up in the night and hear its ceaseless voice: this wasenough. I think in
. Greatest wonders of the world . atch it through thetrees, and see the wreathing water in the rapids hurrying onto take its fearful plunge; to linger in the shadow of thesolemn rocks three miles below; watching the river as,stirred by no visible cause, it heaved and eddied and awokethe echoes, being troubled yet, far down beneath its surface,by its giant leap ; to have Niagara before me, lighted by thesun and by the moon, red in the days decline, and grey asevening slowly fell upon it; to look upon it every day, andwake up in the night and hear its ceaseless voice: this wasenough. I think in every quiet season now, still do those watersroll and leap, and roar and tumble, all day long; still arethe rainbows spanning them, a hundred feet below. Still,when the sun is on them, do they shine and glow likemolten gold. Still, when the day is gloomy, do they falllike snow, or seem to crumble away like the front of agreat chalk cliff, or roll down the rock like dense whitesmoke. But always does the mighty stream appear to die. NIAGARA FALLS 89 as it comes down, and always from its unfathomable gravearises that tremendous ghost of spray and mist which isnever laid : which has haunted this place with the samedread solemnity since Darkness brooded on the deep, andthat first flood before the Deluge—Light—came rushing onCreation at the word of God. American Notes for General Circulation (London, 1842). FUJI-SAN (.JAPAN)SIR EDWIN ARNOLD I HAVE just made in the company of Captain JohnIngles, R. N., Naval Adviser to the Imperial Govern-ment of this country, and a young Japanese gentleman—Mr. Asso—a very fortunate and delightful ascent of Fuji-San, the famous mountain—you would not wonder, residinghere, that everybody in Japan talks about Fuji, and thinksabout her; paints her on fans, and limns her with gold onlacquer; carves her on temple-gates and house-fronts, anddraws her for curtains of shops and signboards of inns, rest-houses and public institutions. Living in Tokio
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