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The Suspension Bridge on which we now stood surveying from its dizzy height, two hundred and thirty feet above the water, the stream below seems to demand from us a greater amount of interest than the one at Queenstone, from the fact of its having been the first experiment of the kind ever made in this country, a grand and successful effort of mechanical genius over obstacles that appeared insurmountable.
The light and graceful proportions of the Suspension Bridge add a great charm to the beauty of this charming landscape. It is well worth paying a visit to Niagara, if it possessed no object of greater interest in its neighbourhood than these wonderful structures. The village of Queenstone is built at the foot of the hill, and is a very pretty romantic-looking place.
"Could these Falls ever have receded from Queenstone?" said I. He turned to me with a quick smile "If they have, my dear Madam, the world is much older by thousands of ages than we give it credit for; but " continued he, gazing at the mighty object in dispute, "it is possible that these Falls are of more recent date than the creation of the world.
As long as the heights of Queenstone remain, and the river pours its swift current to mingle with the Ontario, the name of General Brock will be associated with the scene. The noblest tablet on which the deeds of a great man can be engraved, is on the heart of his grateful country.
The Queenstone cab-drivers rattle up and down this fearful path without paying the least regard to the nerves of their passengers. At the entrance to the bridge, a space is quarried out of the bank to allow heavy teams to turn on to the bridge, which is done with the greatest ease and safety.
It was no small matter of surprise to me when told that the inhabitants made no use of this delicious plant, but laugh at the eagerness with which strangers seek it out. The Queenstone Heights, to the east of the village, are a lofty ridge of land rising three hundred feet above the level of the country below. They are quite as precipitous as the banks of the river.
At all events, we must bide the chance and make the experiment." By seven o'clock we were on board the "Chief Justice," one of the steamers that daily ply between Toronto and Queenstone.
Speak boldly, fearlessly, what thou think'st right, And time shall justify thy words and thee!" We left Niagara at noon. A very pleasant drive brought us to Queenstone, and we stepped on board the "Chief Justice" steamboat, that had just touched the wharf, and was on her return trip to Toronto.
As you approach Queenstone, the river is much contracted in its dimensions, and its banks assume a bold and lofty appearance, till they frown down upon the waters in stern and solemn grandeur, and impart a wild, romantic character to the scene, not often found in the Upper Province. I never beheld any water that resembled the deep green of the Niagara.
The road that leads up from the Queenstone ferry has been formed by the same process. It is a perilous ascent, and hangs almost over the river, nor is there any sufficient barrier to prevent a skittish horse from plunging from the giddy height into the deep, swift stream below. I should not like to travel this romantic road of a dark October night, even on foot.
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