| Show AIRPLANES TO WHIR WHIP OVER thunderous FALLS while niagara falls will continue to hold their own ns as a mocca mecca for hon ey nud and other travelers they must henceforth submit subin lt to with another natural wunder wonder tile hie victorin calls or of the Zant besl ns africa alc becomes frequent by twirl tourists ts from being a place of mystery so feared that civino livingstone tone alho hn dincov bied tile this falls in 1855 tind had great digil culty in per his followers to accompany ahu the falls now tire are vla ihle from a railway that crosses the river halt half ralle mile below them and they lie under the route ot of the proposed cope cape to cairo service louis livingston seaman in ID a communication muni cation to the national geographic society describes a visit to victoria falls and contrasts them with niagara ns as follows early in the morning of the third day we were suddenly awakened by tile lie guard and treated to a scene of beauty never to be forgotten some ten hinlle distant five enormous columns of vapor were shooting their roseate tinted shafts hundreds of feet heavenward while the faint roar of the falls told us the joslon tunga the smoke that sounds was no louser louger a mystery each moment increased the beauty lad and vividness of tile the scene with tile the first rays of the rising sun came a picture of color of tt ondrous loveliness delicate tints of violet crimson and beryl played through the mounting spray as it shot higher and higher ultimately disappearing as 03 virgin clouds in heaven lille the ener eer in creasing thunders of the waters tent lent an added solemnity to the view hardly could wo we wait to reach our destination so great nas ns our enthusiasm but our hopes were vere doomed to momen momentary tiry disappointment only to be more than realized after a study of the for notwithstanding their magnitude the lie first view of victoria palls falls Is decidedly disappointing although nearly a mile in width and ak feet in height hel glit the grandeur of their proportions la Is eclipsed by the sudden disappearance of the river as it plunges plunger into a narrow rocky fissure extending across its entire width only at a single central point Is there a breach in this fissure through which the falls can be seen and appreciated in their full proportions heye the tha converging waters rush madly to the zigzag canyon below so restricted Is this view that there Is an entire absence of that awe ln tiring and most paralyzing effect which strikes the vis altor dumb with wonder and amazement when niagara bursts on his near vision on first eight of the victoria falls one involuntarily exclaims oh how beautiful I 1 but they lack the majesty of our grand niagara wo no single visit can adequately reveal the fullness of their charms but repeated excursions must be made to their islands and precipices their grottos and palm palin gardens their rain forests and projecting crags their rainbows and catar orts ts and many sided bided views of their exquisite setting in the emerald framework of tropic forests before their indescribable beauty can be appreciated had the falls been in america the indians would surely hae named them minnehaha laughing waters |
