Niagara, which is not above half a quarter of a League broad, but is wonderfully deep in some places. It is so rapid above this Descent, that it violently hurries down the wild Beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being... The Niagara River - Page 166by Archer Butler Hulbert - 1908 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1811 - 440 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible precipice we meet with the river Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...force of its current, which inevitably casts them headlong above six hundred foot high ! " This wonderful downfal is compounded of two great cross streams... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1811 - 444 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible precipice we meet with the river Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...other side, they not being able to withstand the force ofits current, which inevitably casts (hem headlong above six hundred foot high ! " This wonderful... | |
| United States - 1839 - 622 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible precipice we meet with the river Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...this descent, that it violently hurries down the wild beast, while endeavouring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being able to withstand the... | |
| United States - 1839 - 630 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible precipice we meet with the river Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...this descent, that it violently hurries down the wild beast, while endeavouring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being able to withstand the... | |
| William Barham - Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) - 1847 - 196 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible precipice, we meet with the river Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...force of its current, which inevitably casts them headlong above six hundred feet high. * These remarks on Niagara are considered the earliest on record.... | |
| Charles Henry Augustus Bulkley - Niagara Falls - 1848 - 204 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible precipice, we meet with the river Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...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 its... | |
| Charles Henry Augustus Bulkley - Niagara Falls - 1848 - 204 pages
...It is so rapid above this descent, that it violently hurries down the wild beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being...force of its current, which inevitably casts them headlong above six hundred feet high. " This wonderful downfall is compounded of two great cross streams... | |
| Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1849 - 734 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible precipice, we meet with the river Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...that it violently hurries down the wild beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, and not being able to withstand the force of its... | |
| Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1849 - 744 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible precipice, we meet with the river Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...is so rapid above this descent, that it violently nurries down the wild beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, and not being... | |
| James Wickes Taylor - Indians of North America - 1854 - 602 pages
...sorry Patterns, when compared to this of which we now speak. At the foot of this horrible Prescipice, we meet with the River Niagara, which is not above...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 its... | |
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