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c I ose Ly hugged an d a s soon S f' t he fel l ~ i s f airly brought open , af't.er- roundi ng 8
po i nt on the shor e , a vigorous pull must be made t o r ea ch a bay of soraevhat, smoot he r
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ve t e r vher-e the Gran d Fell por -tage commence s. This i:'l 8 very uneven 6w mpy path
about a mile In length whi ch cu ts off a c on siderable bend of the river occupied by
t he f all end r apids be Lov , Jagged perpendicular cliffs of red sandstone and
t rap
r oc ks r i sing to a hl'Jight of 150 ft . or mor e close In on e f .tber- side to f orm a
cr ooke d , tortuoris cannon" , through which the pe nt-up va ter- tumbles, r oa r A and
foam s, da shing furiou Aly first ag a.i ns t one s dde of the chasm then a gainst the other
i n its headlong cer-eer , The fall proper Is at the upper end of the cham. I t is a
grand, eve -dnepfr-tng ~ight to vf tneae the ent i re vo 'Iurae of ve t et- plunge over the
parapet of rock whi ch gdve s rise
to the fell, bound off acros s the l edge, fall again
in foam ing , surging mas se e , i nto a rock -bound cauldron belav , when it eeeee to
vre at.Le i n fury with soee un seen monster.
The deafening booming r oar, t he seething,
hissing swish ,
a c compan i e d by the thick white columns of eve r -rising spray, almost
takes one I s breath away . I n summertime 8 cloud of White-Winged gukL e are seen
con stantly hover-Ing over the fall vat. chf.ng t o sed7,0 the unwary salmon or trout in
the ba sin be I cv , They ne st .Ie here f n great numbers , all the r ocks ann Ledges in -
t.he river .
--. Towards j.he Lover- ~ net:oC t~ T9.p!d"IJ-the scener-y Le 11" .n~ng ev en acre
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picturesq ue than at t he fall itRelf . Hursl cliffs of j ag ge d a spect bound the river
....hile one great pillar of r ock stands erect i n the centre of the channel , crowned
on the top Yith 8 few eve r green t rees . The water in its grand effort 8~ freedom.
sur-ge e madly around the ba se of this co lumn and de boucbee into a wide basin be Lov ,
....here, a l l its f ury spent., it ....hi r l s and eddies in ever-i ncr e a s i ng circles till it
r-ege fn e its s t e ad y mys t i c onver-d course .
From the Grand FRll portage to the se e t.her-e are sever-aI r-apdd n, one a mile