| John Milton Niles - United States - 1820 - 408 pages
...is well relieved with a back ground produced by the ridge of hills that, after forming the precipice for the cataract, stretches away to the eastward ;...heights, called Fifty Mile Hill, as denoting its distance frem the town of Niagara. Of the many rivers flowing into Lake Ontario, if the Genesee and Oswego rivers... | |
| John Milton Niles - United States - 1821 - 410 pages
...is well relieved with a back ground produced by the ridge of hills that, after forming the precipice for the cataract, stretches away to the eastward ;...the many rivers flowing into Lake Ontario, if the Genesec and Oswego rivers be excepted, there are none 'that lay claim to particular notice, unless... | |
| John Milton Niles - United States - 1821 - 456 pages
...rivers flowing into Lake Ontario, if the CTehesee and Oswego rivers be excepted, there are noTrtethat lay claim to particular notice, unless it be for the peculiarity of them, having a sandy bar across .the entrance. There are some fine bays and inlets, wherein vessels... | |
| Joseph Bouchette - Canada - 1831 - 858 pages
...is well relieved with a back ground produced by the ridge of hills that, after forming the precipice for the cataract, stretches away to the eastward....particular notice, unless it be for the peculiarity of their all having a sand-bar across the entrance. There are some fine bays and inlets, where vessels... | |
| William Darby - Canada - 1819 - 316 pages
...conieal eminence towering above the chain of hcights, ealled Fifty Mile Hill, as denoting its distanee from the town of Niagara. Of the many rivers flowing into Lake Ontario, if the Genesee * When on lake Ontario, I was informed by sundry eaptains of vessels, that, after leaving the shores... | |
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