It Is So Rapid Above The
Descent That It Violently Hurries Down The Wild Beasts, While
Endeavoring To Pass It To Feed On The Other Side, They Not Being
Able To Withstand The Force Of The Current, Which Invariably
Casts Them Headlong About Six Hundred Feet High.
"This wonderful downfall is composed of two cross streams of
water, and two falls with an aisle sloping along the middle of
it.
The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam
and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an
outrageous noise more terrible than that of thunder." One can
easily see that the imaginative and excitable Frenchman is under
the spell of the great cataract.
But let us return to the island and follow the path that winds
among the trees until Stedman's Bluff is gained. Your reverie is
broken by the news that you are near this point. You go
hurriedly now and your speed is accelerated by hearing the noise
of the falls.
"Crowds of people fill the cool woodland paths; dark evergreens
and aged beech trees form a leafy screen on which the sunlight
falls, making a trembling, shifting mosaic as the branches open
and close in the passing breeze." The air is filled with melody
and redolent with the breath of the pine that is mingled with
various wild flowers. Here one is impressed with the awe he
feels while treading the dim aisles of some vast cathedral. Your
attention is diverted for a brief time by a species of flower
unknown to you.
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