Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 291
iond.This Rock lies to the West-ward, and is cut off fromthe Land by the RiverNiagara, about twoLeagues farther down than the great Fall; for whichtwo Leagues the People are obligd to transport theirGoods over-land; but the way is very good, and thetrees are but few, chiefly Firrs and Oaks. From… … Niagara Falls. Niagara and the Mississippi 255 not to be imagined. Were it not for this vast Cataract,which interrupts Navigation, they might sail withBarks or greater Vessels more than Four hundred andfifty Leagues crossing the Lake of Hurons, and reach-ing even to the farther end of the Lake…
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