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Show Vl P R E F A C E. 111any that tnay now read it. Of the rcfcmblancc which thefe views bear to their refpcB.ive archetypes, thofc alone can be judges \vho have been fpctl:ators of the original fcenes. With regard to the CataraCt of Niagara, however, it n1uft be obfcrvcd, that in views on fo ftnall a fcalc no one n1ufi expeCt to find a lively rcprcfent~ltion of its \Vonderful and terrific vaftncfs, even were th y executed by artifts of far fu pcrior n1cri .. ; the infcrting of the three in the_ pn.:£ ·n t work is done ·tncrcl y i.a the hope that they n1ny hcl p, together · with the ground plan of the precipice, if it may be fo call ed, to give a general i· lea of the po{ition and ~ppcarance of ttat fiupcndous Cata:att. Thof~ \Vho are defi. rous of becoming tnore intin1atcly acq-:Jaintcd with it, will foon be gratified, at lcafl fo he has been given to undcrfiand by the artifl: in whofc hands they at prcfcnt arc, with a ft. i: of views frotn the n1a1lerly pencil of Captain Fifl1cr, of the Royal Briti{h Artill c:ry, vvhich arc allowed by all thofc vvho have vifi.tcJ the Falls of Niagara, to convey a n1ore perfcCl: idea of that \vonclcrful natural curioiity, than any paintings or engravings that arc extant. FrNALL v, before the Reader proceeds to the perufal of the cnfuing pages, the Author will juft beg leave to apprize him, I that P R E F A C E. vu that they are the produClion of a very youthful pen, unaccuftotned to write a great deal, far lefs to write for the prefs. It is now for the firft tirne that one of its productions is ventured to be laid before the public eye. As a .fidl: attctnpt, therefore, it is hurnbly hoped that the prcfent \vork 111ay meet \vith a generous indulgence, and not be too fcvcrcly criticifcd on account of its ntHneroui imperfcc- . ttons. Dublin, · r~th December J 79i . I |