The Englishwoman In America By Isabella Lucy Bird
























































































































 -  It is usual for those persons who
survive the expedition to take hot brandy and water after changing their
dresses - Page 243
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It Is Usual For Those Persons Who Survive The Expedition To Take Hot Brandy And Water After Changing Their Dresses; And It Was Probably From Neglecting This Precaution That I Took Such A Severe Chill As Afterwards Produced The Ague.

On the whole, this achievement is pleasanter in the remembrance than in the act.

There is nothing whatever to boast of in having accomplished it, and nothing to regret in leaving it undone. I knew the danger and disagreeableness of the exploit before I went, and, had I known that "going behind the sheet" was synonymous with "going to Termination Rock," I should never have gone. No person who has not a very strong head ought to go at all, and it is by every one far better omitted, as the remaining portion of Table Rock may fall at any moment, for which reason some of the most respectable guides decline to take visitors underneath it. I believe that no amateur ever thinks of going a second time. After all, the front view is the only one for Niagara - going behind the sheet is like going behind a picture-frame.

After this we went to the top of a tower, where I had a very good bird's- eye view of the Falls, the Rapids, and the general aspect of the country, and then, refusing to be victimised by burning springs, museums, prisoned eagles, and mangy buffaloes, I left the Walrences, who were tired, to go to the hotel, and walked down to the ferry, and, scrambling out to the rock farthest in the water and nearest to the cataract, I sat down completely undisturbed in view of the mighty fall.

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