A Tour through North America by Patrick Shirreff

_Niagara River and Falls-Carving-Entrance to Canada-Cavern beneath the Falls-Rapids-City Building-Stage Passenger-General Brock's Monument-Letters-Maps-Queenstown and Niagara-Agricultural Notices-King-Old Settlers-Disappointment with Canada._

Aware of being near the Niagara river, which connects Lake Erie with Ontario, and which forms the St Lawrence, my first proceeding in the morning was to obtain a sight of this stream, from the window. The sun shone brightly, and displayed to advantage the white painted houses and endless forest, but there was no feature indicating a river. On walking a short distance from the hotel I unexpectedly found myself on the banks of the Niagara, moving in the midst of a flat country, betwixt low woodless banks void of beauty. On the opposite side lay Upper Canada; the village of Queenstown was seen in the distance, over which Sir Isaac Brock's monument was towering. I looked on the scene with feelings of a British subject, and, with a thousand associations rushing on my mind, anticipated new enjoyment from mingling with the inhabitants.