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17 have been attributed to the satiety  to the complete gratification of 'hope long ;' but so far from diminishing, the more gazed, the stronger and deeper the sentiment . Yet this scene of sadness was  mingled with a kind of intoxicating. Whether the phenomenon is peculiar to Niagara, I know not, but certain it is, that the are affected and depressed in a singular manner by the magic influence of this and eternal fall. About five miles above cataract the river expands to the dimensions  a lake, after which it gradually narrows. The Rapids commence at the upper extremity Goat Island, which is half a mile in length,  divides the river at the point of  into two unequal parts; the largest is  by the several names of the, Crescent, and British Fall, from its  form and contiguity to the Canadian. The smaller is named the American Fall. A portion of this fall is divided by a from Goat Island, and though here  in appearance would rank high among European cascades.

"The current runs about six miles an hour; supposing it to be only five miles, the  which passes the falls in an hour is more than 35,000,000 of tons avoirdupois; if we suppose  to be six, it will be more than 102.000,000:  in a day would exceed 2,400,000,000 of.