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falls of St. Anthony than common, and no Islands of any bigness. The falls of St. Anthony was named by father Louis Hennipin who travelled in these [[note]] These falls was called by father Hennipin, the Falls of St. Anthony of Padau. [[/note]] parts in the Year 1688, [[underline]] if I remember right, [[/underline]] being the first European, ever seen here by the Natives, the Perpendicular of the falls, is about 29 feet, and the rapids below in the distance of three hundred yards, has near twenty feet more fall, so that the whole of the falls, are but little short of fifty feet, tho' father Hennipin has, [[underline]] if I remember right, [[/underline]] laid them down about seventy feet; in the middle of the falls is a small Island, about forty feet broad and but a little longer, with a few cragged hemlock and some spruce trees, and but small; about half way between this Island and the East shore, is a rock that appeared to be thirty or forty feet long, and about five or six feet broad, lying on the edge of the fall, in a Pasture somewhat tilted or Poized. The Country hereabout is very beautiful, and now and then a little Grove of trees, with moderate ascents and descents, which together with the falls, would make a Landship, I believe scarsly to be equalled in all the works of nature besides, a little below the falls is a small Island of about an Acre and an half, with a great number of Oak trees upon it, full of Eagles nests, upon every limb that could bear one; the resort of these Fowls here, is on one account, of the safety of the situation, [[underline]] by reason of the rapids, [[/underline]] from man or beast, as it is thought by the Indians inaccessible; another account, is the abundance of Annimals and Fish that are dashed to pieces by the falls, and cast upon the shores, afford sufficient prey for themselves [[catchword]] and [[/catchword]]