Yosemite--Vernal--Nevada--Yellowstone--Shoshone--St. Maurice-- Montmorency 164 CHAPTER XX. Tequendama--Kaiteeur--Paulo Affonso--Keel-fos--Riunkan-fos-- Sarp-fos--Staubbach--Zambesi or Victoria--Murchison--Cavery-- Schaffhausen 171 CHAPTER XXI. Famous rapids and cascades--Niagara--Amazon--Orinoco--Parana-- Nile--Livingstone 179 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. NIAGARA FALLS FROM THE CANADIAN SIDE FRONTISPIECE. THE HORSESHOE FALL FROM GOAT ISLAND Opposite page 6 LUNA FALL AND ISLAND IN WINTER " " 11 THE RAPIDS ABOVE THE FALLS " " 17 THE YOUNGEST INHABITANT " " 22 MOUTH OF THE CHASM AND BROCK'S MONUMENT " " 29 NIAGARA FALLS FROM BELOW " " 54 GREAT ICICLES UNDER THE AMERICAN FALL " " 60 WINTER FOLIAGE " " 66 ICE BRIDGE AND FROST FREAKS " " 69 COASTING BELOW THE AMERICAN FALL " " 70 SECOND MOSS ISLAND BRIDGE " " 76 JOEL R. ROBINSON " " 86 THE _Maid of the Mist_ IN THE WHIRLPOOL " " 91 FISHER AND THE BEAR " " 97 FALL OF TABLE ROCK " " 109 ROCK OF AGES AND WHIRLWIND BRIDGE " " 114 THE THREE SISTERS OR MOSS ISLANDS " " 125 HOW THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE WAS BEGUN " " 137 BLONDIN CROSSING THE NIAGARA " " 145 INDIAN WOMEN SELLING BEAD-WORK " " 148 YOSEMITE FALLS " " 164 BRIDAL VEIL FALL " " 166 VERNAL FALLS " " 168 NEVADA FALLS " " 171 LOWER FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE " " 172 UPPER FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE " " 174 THE STAUBBACH, SWITZERLAND " " 176 VICTORIA FALLS, ZAMBESI " " 178 MAP OF THE NIAGARA REGION " " 1 PREFACE.