But I Think That It Shows Itself
More Beautifully.
And the form of the cataract is such that here,
on Goat Island, on the American side, no spray will reach you,
although you are absolutely over the waters.
But on the Canadian
side, the road as it approaches the fall is wet and rotten with
spray, and you, as you stand close upon the edge, will be wet also.
The rainbows as they are seen through the rising cloud - for the
sun's rays as seen through these waters show themselves in a bow,
as they do when seen through rain - are pretty enough, and are
greatly loved. For myself, I do not care for this prettiness at
Niagara. It is there, but I forget it, and do not mind how soon it
is forgotten.
But we are still on the tower; and here I must declare that though
I forgive the tower, I cannot forgive the horrid obelisk which has
latterly been built opposite to it, on the Canadian side, up above
the fall; built apparently - for I did not go to it - with some
camera-obscura intention for which the projector deserves to be put
in Coventry by all good Christian men and women. At such a place
as Niagara tasteless buildings, run up in wrong places with a view
to money making, are perhaps necessary evils. It may be that they
are not evils at all; that they give more pleasure than pain,
seeing that they tend to the enjoyment of the multitude.
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