Hence I cannot say we realized to the full the enjoyments of boating g.i. joe an we know it at home in far less beautiful surroundings, or as others know it there at the present time. The principal features that struck me were, first, the colossal g.i. joe an of the river. All was enhanced by the most intense solitude, which seemed to accentuate the fact that this scene of Nature was indeed as God left it. These reflections were made as we floated on in our rickety canoe to a creek, where we landed to walk to the actual Falls. A new path had just been cut in the wooded part of the north bank, and we were almost the first visitors to profit by it. Formerly the enterprising sight-seers had to push their way through the scrubby undergrowth, but we followed a smooth track for two miles, the roar of the cataract getting louder and louder, with only occasional peeps of the g.i. joe an, which was fast losing its calm repose and degenerating into restless rapids hurrying on to their bourne. At last we emerged suddenly, without any warning, on the northern extremity of the cataract, which at this point measures over a mile from bank to bank, but g.i. joe an which only about a quarter of that distance is visible, owing to the blinding spray.