Africa . or£3000, while another discovered one of 115 carats on anabandoned claim ! One of the great diamonds which havebeen found here was named the Star of South Africa,and, before cutting, was sold for £11,200. 11. Natal—Maritzburg. The English Colony of Natal, in superficial areasomewhat larger than the kingdom of Greece, though aBritish possession since 1843, stiU remains separated fromthe Cape by the intervening territory of independentKafraria. In many respects the relations of Natalresemble those of Cape Colony. The face of the country differs in being covered, forthe most part, with r
Africa . or£3000, while another discovered one of 115 carats on anabandoned claim ! One of the great diamonds which havebeen found here was named the Star of South Africa,and, before cutting, was sold for £11,200. 11. Natal—Maritzburg. The English Colony of Natal, in superficial areasomewhat larger than the kingdom of Greece, though aBritish possession since 1843, stiU remains separated fromthe Cape by the intervening territory of independentKafraria. In many respects the relations of Natalresemble those of Cape Colony. The face of the country differs in being covered, forthe most part, with ramifications of wooded mountainsand hills, sloping downwards like the fingers of a handfrom the great cliff edge of the Drakenberg range, 10,000feet in altitude ; and in having between these many streamsand rivers, aE fuU and perennially flowing through abroad belt of rolling grass land which separates themoimtain spurs from the yellow sands and bold headlands *^ KATAL TRANS\AAI. AND ORANCE FREE STATE. NATAL. 413 of the coast. The Tugela river and its large northerntributary the Buffalo form the northern boundary of thecolony, more than haK of which lies within the basin ofthis stream: the Umgeni, Umkomanzi, Umzimkulu, andUmtamfima follow parallel valleys from the Drakenbergto the coast, the last named separating the colony on thesouth from the still independent country of the AmapondoKafirs. Though by position Natal is a semi-tropicalcountry, occupying the same relative position as southern]\Iarocco or Egypt in the other hemisphere, its climate isexceedingly agreeable and healthy; the heat in summeris not intense, and the winters are delightful. Eain fallsin all months, though chiefly through the summer fromSeptember till April, when thunder and hail storms arealso frequent. Of the whole population, which numbers about414,000, only 27,000 are of European descent, chieflyEnolish, with some Dutch and Germans. Hindoo cooliesintroduced to work on sugar plantations, and immigra
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