Niagara Falls

Photochrom print of American Falls and the Rock of Ages, 1898,
Photochrom print of American Falls and the Rock of Ages, 1898, Public domain image, by William Henry Jackson.

The old great cataract set forth the same eternal roar, the whirlpool rapids rolled in their dark mysterious deeps, the heavy sprays kept up their region of perpetual showers and rainbows, and the strange noises rose, resounded and filled the heavens. The primeval forests still, gloomy, suggesting worship. The golden sun shorn of all his fierceness was setting with a sad dignity, the trees were almost human in their solemnity and awe. It was so full of God! O shall I ever come again.Note: 54Bose, The Life of Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, 176.

Likely excerpted from his diary, these reflections exemplify the type of divine wonder Mozoomdar sought to inspire in others. This was his second visit to Niagara, the first having been a decade earlier. His awe before the falls shows that they still impressed him greatly.


  1. Bose, The Life of Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, 176.