. Our holiday in Africa . scenic country. It was here that many hard fought battles ofthe recent Boer War took place, and on the surrounding hillsare many monuments erected to mark the burial places of dif-ferent heroes. One of these monuments marks the spotwhere the son of Lord Roberts fell. Pietermaritzhurg is another of the young cities we passedthrough in going down to the sea. It has a population ofthirty thousand and is the seat of the government of is the most beautifully situated of any place we have visitedin South Africa, lying in a basin two thousand feet below thesurroundi
. Our holiday in Africa . scenic country. It was here that many hard fought battles ofthe recent Boer War took place, and on the surrounding hillsare many monuments erected to mark the burial places of dif-ferent heroes. One of these monuments marks the spotwhere the son of Lord Roberts fell. Pietermaritzhurg is another of the young cities we passedthrough in going down to the sea. It has a population ofthirty thousand and is the seat of the government of is the most beautifully situated of any place we have visitedin South Africa, lying in a basin two thousand feet below thesurrounding country. We were more than an hour windingour way around the steep incline, past many beautiful moun-tain side residences with the city far below and in view mostof the time. They have many fine public buildings for sosmall a place, the most important being the town hall, whichcost one-half million dollars. There is nothing small aboutthese people when they are spending the public money. 121 OUR HOLIDAY IN AFRICA T *
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