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A PROJECT FOR BARNUM.
miles in length from the foot of the fall to its outlet at
the bottom of the zigzag path up the barren mountain;
its depth is above a thousand feet, and it is only four or
five yards in width. I was sorry that I could not afford
time to explore it. At the expense of a day’s work and
a ducking, I have little doubt that the fall might be
reached, by climbing and wading, and perhaps, in some
parts, swimming up this gully.
It would pay very well, I am sure, to buy the farm
at Saebo, and build a rough hotel there with a wooden
gallery like that in the gorge of Tamina. I am no
advocate for artificial adjuncts to waterfalls; but in
this case, where one of the grandest, if not the one
grandest fall in Europe is almost inaccessible, an
artificial approach to it, displaying not only the fall but
the magnificent gorge it has cut, would be perfectly
permissible, and the payment of a toll for the use of
the gallery (as at Pffefers) quite legitimate. The
present station is not only a very wretched one, but is
so far from the fall that it is a day’s work, whether by
horse or foot, to go to it and back again; leaving very
little time for contemplating the fall and making an
exploration of its vicinity. An inn at Saebo would be
within a couple of hours’ walk of the top of the fall,
and close by the outlet of the gorge. The whole
concern might be bought for a trifle—waterfall, gorge,
valley, and farm; some other waterfalls higher up
might be included, and the mountain thrown into the
bargain, as a consideration for cash payment. It would
be the grandest show in Europe. Is there 110 Barnum
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