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MIRAGE OF NIAGARA FALLS With three other persons who will bear witness to the trutli of my statement I was privileged to enjoy without the preliminary of a journey there a perfect view of one of natures wonders Niagara Falls and that from my lawn at this place some 170 miles distant from Niagara NiagaraJust Just before sunset ou Saturday evening while admiring a section of rainbow my sight was arrested by a reflection upon the sky of as perfect a representation of Niagara Falls as I ever saw produced upon canvas or by photography photographyBotli Botli the American and the Canadian falls were unmistakably distinct clumps of trees above the falls and a lrgc building on the Canadian side were clearly in evidence the turbulent water below the falls with its attendant mist rising and falling like and ocean billow and other details were so truthfully portrayed as to leave no doubt iu the minds of those who saw it that they were witness ¬ ing that phenomenon known as a mirage mirageThe The perspective was about the same as that ob ¬ tained from the foot of the incline plane where so many visitors to Niagara stand to be photographed with the falls for a background backgroundAs As the sun sank toward the horizon the picture gradually faded from view leaving but a bank of misty clouds It lasted however fully five min ¬ utes after it first attracted my notice Letter to the New York Times
