. The Niagara book : a complete souvenir of Niagara Falls : containing sketches, stories and essays--descriptive, humorous, historical and scientific. aced nearits water-wheel the demand for the energy of the Fallswas not very insistent. If, however, as seems mostlikely, electricians devise means whereby the tide offorce made available by this leap of waters can becarried, without too much loss, to points five hundredmiles or- more away, we may find New York andChicago, and a hundred other places, asking for ashare of the energy which here goes to w^aste. It isindeed most likely that the arres
. The Niagara book : a complete souvenir of Niagara Falls : containing sketches, stories and essays--descriptive, humorous, historical and scientific. aced nearits water-wheel the demand for the energy of the Fallswas not very insistent. If, however, as seems mostlikely, electricians devise means whereby the tide offorce made available by this leap of waters can becarried, without too much loss, to points five hundredmiles or- more away, we may find New York andChicago, and a hundred other places, asking for ashare of the energy which here goes to w^aste. It isindeed most likely that the arrest in the southwardmarch of Niagara will be brought about by the diver-sion of its waters to the turbines which drive foregoing considerations may make it evidentto the reader that Niagara Falls should not be viewedas a mere spectacle. They should be taken as majes-tic natural phenomena which throw light on many im-portant chapters in the history of our continent. It isindeed doubtful if at any other place in the world themind stimulated by a majestic scene is so naturally ledto inquiries full of learned as well as of human Monday.—This new creature with the long hair isa good deal in the way. It is always hanging aroundand following me about. I dont like this ; I am notused to company. I wish it would stay with the other animals Cloudy to-day, wind in the east; think we shall have rain. .... We f Wheredid I get that word ? . . I remember now,—thenew creature uses it. Tuesday.—Been examining the great waterfall. Itis the finest thing on the estate, I think. The newcreature calls it Niagara Falls—why, I am sure I donot know. Says it looks like Niagara Falls. That isnot a reason, it is mere waywardness and get no chance to name anything myself. The newcreature names everything that comes along, before Ican get in a protest. And always that same pretextis offered—it looks like the thing. There is the dodo,for instance. Says the moment o
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