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 No. 1. 
 LITTLE FALLS. 
 
 This is the first fall of importance 
 below the village of Keeseville. 
 
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 No. 2. 
 
 THE EDDY. 
 
 This beautiful spot is just below 
 Little Falls. 
 
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 No. 3. 
 
 BIRWfNGHiAM FAL.L.5. 
 
 This vii-w is taken at very low 
 water. In high water these falls 
 present a cascade t)f rare beauty. 
 
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 No. 4. 
 
 "h:igh falls." 
 
 This splendid fall is the beginning 
 
 of the "Chasm" proper, and is 
 
 jnst below the Bridge at 
 
 Birmingham. Essex 
 
 Countv. N. Y. 
 

 
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 No. 6. 
 
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 Tffe© Falls frocni feelom 
 
 The Chasm is here at its greatest 
 
 Avidlh. The Kocks rise to a 
 
 height of about eighty feet. 
 

 No. 6. 
 
 Vtew tip Streactt frecm 
 Hsltti^ Reck. 
 
 The Rock at the right rises about 
 one hundred and twenty feet. 
 

 No. 7. 
 
 View cTown) Stretcm 
 rsrarrd Rock, 
 

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 No. 10. 
 
 Til© 0©\fllj'8 bv©iiu fF@iir^ 
 
 The tall rock at the left is one Hun- 
 dred and three feet in height 
 and seems ready to fall at a 
 mornents notice. 
 
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 No. 11. 
 
 This is a cave worn by the action o^ 
 
 Water and Frost, about twenty i 
 
 feet deep and about fifteen | 
 
 feet hiofh. i 
 
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 No. 12. 
 
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 In this vicinity the rocks are very 
 
 mnch broken by the action of 
 
 water and hiy around in 
 
 wild confusion. 
 
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 No. 13. . 
 
 Rapids below t|i© 0!@v> 
 it's Qvect^ 
 
 The river rushes througli a apace a 
 bout eiirht feet Mide in low- 
 water. 
 

 No. 14. 
 
 M]f> DemrrTg:'s H;<»«1§© 
 neap the staips^^ 
 
 Here the traveller nia}^ procure a 
 trustv guide 
 
No. 15. 
 
 Here the tourist may descend into 
 the chasm with ease and safety 
 

 No. 1 
 
 Yiew looking ui> stream from the 
 
 foot of the stairway ; beinjr the 
 
 first view that meets the eye 
 
 as yoii I'each the foot of 
 
 the laddei'. 
 

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 fp^Ri Tab[© R@©k. 
 

 No. 18. 
 
 Anvil Eock — so callod from its sup- 
 posed resemblance to a Blacksmithi''s 
 anvil — it stands between the foot of 
 the stairs and Table liook. The dark 
 back ground at the upper right cor- 
 ner of this picture is the stairway; 
 the level rock in the foreground- is 
 Table Rock. '" - 
 

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 fFQCP. Ttbt© El@<sk» 
 
 feet wide from Table llock to the 
 rock ojjposite. Il wus here that a 
 clergyuiau and ludy lost their lives 
 a few' .years ago by attempting to 
 cross on some poles. Tlie Kock here 
 rises one hundred and thirty-two 
 feet. 
 
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 Sometimes called the Second Eddy. 
 
 A little above this was once a 
 bridge across the Chasm at a height 
 of one hundred and forty feet from 
 the water; the bridge was abont 
 forty feet aci-oss. 
 

 No. 21. 
 
 At this chainiing hpot the -water 
 
 foiins a whirlpool, 
 amuse themselves 
 into the water. 
 
 Here all visitors: 
 tbrowint; rocks 
 
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This boautifiil spot is the lower 
 extremity of the Cha«!ru— from this 
 it is an open countrj' for about three 
 miles, wherc-the river empties into 
 Lake Chainplain, about fourteen 
 miles south of Plattsburirh. 
 
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