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we had a better lunch than at the hotel. Another
walk and we journeyed homeward, taking
about an hour. The wind had stiffened and
we all were more or less wet with the spray. The
sun soon dried us out on the long walk back
where we arrived at about 5 pm We had
not seen the Falls at all, but at all times could
see the mist which rises from it. The great wonder
of the Falls is the formation. A great placid river
with no obstacles toils onward flow and with many
peaceful treebedecked islands to check its speed
suddenly and without [ ing ?] finds itself without
a river bed. Scientists differ as to causes and none
have offered an earthquake as explanation but
the impression one receives is that the river bed
was sent clear across by a terrible shock and the
water is [emptied feet west ?] into the vast chasm
made by the split. The opposite side of the chasm
is as high as the top of the falls. The guide book
says that Victoria Falls are about twice as broad
and 2 1/2 times as high as Niagara being
a mile wide and 400 ft high - higher than St
Paul's Cathedral. The mist rises so high and dense that it
is difficult to see the Falls many times and the whole
cannot be seen at any one point.