6 Metaphors for cascades
The Cascades are a kind of fall, or rapid descent, in the river, over a rocky channel below: going down is called, by the French, "Sauter," to leap or shove the cascades.
It is a sequestered nook, beside the third waterfall as you ascend the beckthis third cascade being itself a treble fall.
The other cascade (the Cascade du Coeur) is not a very difficult twenty minutes' walk by a path that leads through the trees to Lac Vert, and as there is a capital inn there (later in the season), we think that this would be a good spot for lunch.
But I am of my friend's opinion, that when one has seen the ocean, cascades are but little things.
The artificial water is the largest in the kingdom, with the single exception of Blenheim; the cascade is, perhaps, the most striking imitation we have of the great works of nature; and the grounds are arranged in the grandest style of landscape-gardening.
The first cascade to surmount was the worst.