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NIAGARA FALLs.-A CIRCUMSTANCE occurred at
Niagara Falls or the lith. quite extraordinary,
and therefore the present lion Of conversation
\ horse was seen. from an elevation between the
Clifton House and the road leading to the burning
Spring. swimming from Navy Island on the Cana
da side, towards the opposite ,hOrc Strange and
impossible n it may seem, being powerful ami
NAL +, i supposcd he succeeded in reaching Grass
island more than lwo-ihirds of the way across thc
Niagara river. his was accomplished by having
started high up-sO that diagonal line enabled
the bold adyentUrer 10 plant his hoois that tilc
patch rterra frma-Green Island. d narrow strip
Of grass that peeps out Of the water but -hori
distance above Goat Island. After feeding awhile.
and therefore attracting sti'i lager number Of
wcndcr-siruck spectators, be seemed 20 survey lie
mighty exhibition OF tury around, and again plunged
into the rcsisless current-eithcr intending 10 r.
turn or touch upon the American side (ior horses
think ave. and reason tool bot the rushing waters


like an afnv of hungry tigers. wnrlcd the poor
beast hiihar and thithcr. and onward too 80 that
lust as be reached the first rapid, nothing but his
head could be now and then observed above the angry
billows. Before coming to the brink Of the mag
nicent cataract; towards the middle OF the descent
il vas quite certain that life was extinct. Over
went the carcasc. which was soon discovered by
those below al the ferry. where 1t was towcd on
shore and examined. 1t proved to be a very large
horse, in excellent health, almost milk-whlte. but
every bone in the body was crushed or broken into
fragments At the last adSices, the remains were
az the whirlpool, running endless round, the
race Of magic horse. as though it were intended
TO impress the mind wiih deeper sense Of horror
whilst gazing intc the awful abyss below.


Cor. Boston Trans.