sisting of thirty men, including seven officers
and two cornets. They were formed, like a battalion, into six
divisions, and performed a number of manoeuvres....]

On the following day, 21st August, the company left Buffalo for the
small village of Manchester, twenty-three miles distant, and situated on
the right bank of the Niagara, near the falls. As far as the village of
Tonawanta, the road passes along the canal. It was in a very bad
condition, cut through the forest, and the trees thrown on the road
side. On the left they had a view of the river and Grand Island. The
river is more than a mile wide below the island. On the Canada side is
the village of Chippewa. From this place, a distance of three miles,
they could already see the rising vapours of the falls. The water,
however, indicated no signs of the approach to the precipice. It is only
a short distance from Manchester, where you perceive the lofty trees on
Goat Island, with its heights situated in the midst of the falls, that
the river becomes rocky, and the rapids commence; these form a number of
small falls, which are nearly a mile long and the same in breadth,
running as far as where the two great falls are separated by Goat
Island.

[_Travels_:

On the following day, 21st of August, we left Buffalo for the small
village of Manchester, twenty-three miles distant, and situated on
the right bank of the Niagara, near the falls. As far as the village
of Tonnawanta the road passed along the canal.

It was in a very bad condition, cut through the forest, and no pains
have been taken to remove the trees, which are thrown on the road
side, and the most beautiful trunks are permitted to spoil in a
pitiable manner. On the left we had a view of the river and of
Grand-Island, thickly studded with timber. The river is more than
one mile wide below the island. On the Canada side is the village of
Chippewa. From this place, a distance of three miles, we could
already see the rising vapours of the falls. The water, however,
indicated no signs of the approach to the precipice. It is only a
short distance from Manchester, where you perceive the lofty trees
on Goat-Island with its heights, situated in the midst of the falls,
that the river becomes rocky, and the rapids commence; these form a
number of small falls, which are nearly a mile long and the same in
breadth, running as far as where the two great falls are separated