The upper fall is about sixty feet high and the lower one at least one hundred but perhaps considerably more, for the narrowness of the chasm into which it fell prevented us from seeing its bottom and we could merely discern the top of the spray far beneath our feet.

The lower fall is divided into two by an insulated column of rock which rises about forty feet above it.

The whole descent of the river at this place probably exceeds two hundred and fifty feet.
The rock is very fine felspathose sandstone.

It has a smooth surface and a light red colour.

I have named these magnificent cascades Wilberforce Falls as a tribute of my respect for that distinguished philanthropist and Christian.Messrs.Back and Hood took beautiful sketches of this majestic scene.
The river, being surveyed from the summit of a hill above these falls, appeared so rapid and shallow that it seemed useless to attempt proceeding any farther in the large canoes.