 | Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1849 - 744 pages
...less than one hundred and forty or fifty feet. " As to its figure, it is in the shape of a horse shoe, and it is about four hundred paces in circumference;...very narrow Island, half a quarter of a league long. It is true these parts very soon unite; that on my side, and which I could only have a side view of,... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1849 - 734 pages
...sides, where it could be viewed to the greatest advantage, I am inclined to think we cannot allow it less than one hundred and forty or fifty feet. "As to its figure, it is in the shape of a horse shoe, and it is about four hundred paces in circumference; it is divided in two, exactly in the... | |
 | George Washington Holley - Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) - 1882 - 302 pages
...hands, it is peculiarly fitted for such navigation. A more correct estimate of the cataract than cither of the preceding is that of M. Charlevoix, sent to...circumference. It is divided in two exactly in the center by a very narrow island, half a quarter of a league long." In relation to the noise of the falling... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1911 - 458 pages
...sides, where it could be viewed to the greatest advantage, I am inclined to think we cannot allow it less than one hundred and forty, or fifty feet. As...its figure, it is in the shape of a horseshoe, and is about four hundred paces in circumference; it is divided into two, exactly in the middle, by a very... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1911 - 456 pages
...sides, where it could be viewed to the greatest advantage, I am inclined to think we cannot allow it less than one hundred and forty, or fifty feet. As...its figure, it is in the shape of a horseshoe, and is about four hundred paces in circumference; it is divided into two, exactly in the middle, by a very... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - New York (State) - 1921 - 784 pages
...it could be viewed to the greatest advantage, I am inclined to think we cannot allow it less than a hundred and forty, or fifty feet. As to its figure, it is in the shape of a horseshoe, and is about four hundred paces in circumference; it is divided into two, exactly in the middle, by a very... | |
 | Charles Mason Dow - Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) - 1921 - 776 pages
...it could be viewed to the greatest advantage, I am inclined to think we cannot allow it less than a hundred and forty, or fifty feet. As to its figure, it is in the shape of a horseshoe, and is about four hundred paces in circumference; it is divided into two, exactly in the middle, by a very... | |
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... line to which it was tied, this proves nothing at all, as the water which precipitates itself from the mountain, rises very high in foam. For my own part, after having examined it on all sides, where it could be viewed to the greatest advantage, I... 