[4] "Society in America," vol. iii., p. 87.
[5] It is familiar to all that the cataract of Niagara is supposed to have worn its way back from the point of the narrowing of its channel (the spot where we now sat), and that there is an anticipation of its continuing to retire the remaining twelve miles to Lake Erie. Unless counteracting agencies should in the mean time be at work, the inundation of the level country which must then take place will be almost boundless. The period is, however, too remote for calculation. An American told me, smiling, that the apprehension has not yet affected the title to land. And no one knows what secret barriers may be building up or drains opening.
[6] A rope has since been stretched along the rock to serve for a handrail. This must render the expedition far less formidable than before.
[7] "Monthly Repository," New Series, vol. vii., p. 235.
[8] Rutt's Life, Correspondence, and Works of Priestley, vol. i., part ii., p. 327.
[9] In the "Christian Disciple."
[10] "Society in America," part iii., chap. iv.
[11] "Society in America," vol i., p. 60.
[12] "Society in America," vol. ii., p. 160.
[13] Jefferson's Memoir and Correspondence, vol. iv., p. 428. Date, February 17, 1826.