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1793 WD 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, the Water appears in different Places of different Colours, like the Clouds in the Firmament, lodg'd at Charles Wilsons 17 6 We took a 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 Distance 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 heard 20 Miles, the spray from the falling of the deluge, rises like a Cloud, the Country round is high, fertile & pleasant, for som Distance, and produces excellent Grain & Grass, so that the new settlers are likely to live comfortably & appear to be satisfy'd. 18 7 We went to see William Lundy, a friend that moved from the Jerseys about 6 years ago, into the Brittish Colony, called upper Canada, he was one of the first Settlers, was six Weeks going, a Wife & five Children, the eldest about 12 years, they laid out all but two Nights, and had their Health thro' the whole Journey, & received great Kindness from the Indians, in passing through their Country, by supplys of Venison, &c. and demonstrated a more Christian Spirit, than they met with in general from the white People, Let it be consider'd what it is that makes the Christian