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1793 unclear 5 mo. 16 5 Tavern, a Stockcade, Fort, & divers other Houses, after refreshing ourselves, we rode down the Shore, & had a full Prospect of the Rapids, foaming over the Reafs of Rocks beyond Description, the River is about 1 1/2 Mile wide, for about the same Distance above the Falls, in which is an Island that Runs down to the grand Precipice we took a transient View of this tremendous Catararack, one of the mighty Wonders of Nature, on the Brittish side of the Island it forms a kind of Circle or Curve, for half a Mile or more about Sun setting, as the vast Torrent of Water teems over the Rocks, forms a most sublime & beautiful Appearance, theWater appears in different Places of different Colours, like the Clouds in the Firmament, lodg'd at Charles Wilsons 17 6 We tooka second View, went down a steep Precipice several hundred feet, near to the Edge of a Rock, where we had a full view of the Falls on both Sides of the Island, & that on the United States side, the greatest Hight, but not so extensive as appears on the Map, there it's represented to fall 137 feet, the Rocks project over many feet, so that a Person may go a considerable Dstance under the Cavity, some say all the Way, but the Smell of Sulpher is very suffocating, the Noise of Water like Thunder, or the Roaring of a great Storm, that may be heard20 Miles, the spray from the