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 moment or two, was by their force, swung, stern foremost, and having passed to the  rapid, she bilged, but carried her hull apparently whole, between Grass Island on the British shore to the Horse shoe, over which she was carried stern foremost, and launched into the abyss below. In her fall she was dashed into thousand pieces. I went below the Falls after the descent, and the river exhibited a singular appearance from the thousands  floating fragments, there being scarcely to be  any two boards nailed together, and many  her timbers were broken into twenty pieces. was the eagerness of the multitude present procure a piece of her, that before sunset a  part of her was carried away.

I believe I have already informed you of the on board. They consisted of a buffalo the Rocky mountains, two bears from  Bay and Grand River, two foxes, a , a dog, a cat, and four geese—the fate of  you will probably wish to learn. When vessel was left to her fate, they were let loose  deck, except the buffalo, which was enclosed  a temporary pen. The two bears left the shortly after she began to descend the, and swam ashore, notwithstanding the  of current. On reaching the British they were taken. The buffalo was seen pass over the Falls, but was not visible afterwards. What became of the other animals is known. Those who had glasses could see of the bears climbing the mast as the vessel