r the roar

john9221 · Wysłany: Pon 9:00, 07 Mar 2011

r the roar; and was constantly straining my
eyes in the direction where I knew the Falls must befrom seeing the
river rolling on towards them; every moment expecting to behold
the spray. Within a few minutes of our stoppingnot beforeI saw
two great white clouds rising up slowly and majestically from the
depths of the earth. That was all. At length we alighted: and then for
the first timeI heard the mighty rush of waterand felt the ground
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tremble underneath my feet.
The bank is very steepand was slippery with rainand half-melted
ice. I hardly know how I got downbut I was soon at the bottom
and climbingwith two English officers who were crossing and had
joined meover some broken rocksdeafened by the noisehalf-
blinded by the sprayand wet to the skin. We were at the foot of the
American Fall. I could see an immense torrent of water tearing head-
long down from some great heightbut had no idea of shapeor
situationor anything but vague immensity.
When we were seated in the little ferry-boatand were crossing the
swollen river immediately before both cataractsI began to feel what
it was: but I was in a manner stunnedand unable to comprehend the
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