. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . h October, 1899. Passing towards Brakwal the intermediate halt of COLWORTH occurs. r AltitudeDistance 4005 miles. 229 230 BRAKWAL is beautiful in situation. In front, three-fold zig-zags of thef aitit,,^ . dR^7 f„„t \ reversing station may be seen, and it is interesting to note that, within the short space of half-an-hour the AltitudeDistance - 4637 feet.■ 218A miles. locomotive will have climbed a thousand feet. Mr. J. F. Ingram in The Colony of Natal has given so graphic adescription of the journey between Brakwal and Van
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . h October, 1899. Passing towards Brakwal the intermediate halt of COLWORTH occurs. r AltitudeDistance 4005 miles. 229 230 BRAKWAL is beautiful in situation. In front, three-fold zig-zags of thef aitit,,^ . dR^7 f„„t \ reversing station may be seen, and it is interesting to note that, within the short space of half-an-hour the AltitudeDistance - 4637 feet.■ 218A miles. locomotive will have climbed a thousand feet. Mr. J. F. Ingram in The Colony of Natal has given so graphic adescription of the journey between Brakwal and Van Reenen that it is repeated,with the few amendments necessary to adapt it to the present time :- On the right the stately Drakensberg rises in terraces, piled steep on steep. A fewmoments halt at the Brakwal Station and away goes the train, whilst the traveller almostwith bated breath watches the first angle. Visions of disaster from broken couplings or otheruntoward accidents may be instantly dismissed, for by a cunning device of engineering it never. Reversing Stations, Harrismith Branch becomes perceptible in the carriage that anything unusual is taking place. The view fromthe windows is splendid, and away to the south-west, Tintawa Mountain, like a Titan Fortress,appears through the drifting clouds. One could almost imagine that fierce warfare is beingwaged up in the solitary heights by the sprites who dwell midst frost and snow. The palms of the coast have now been replaced by heather ; wild poppies nod theirdrowsy heads beside the line, and quaint sugar-bush trees with fir-like cones, stretch outtheir storm-strained limbs over the blue distance beneath them. The day darkens as thetrain speeds on ; above and below there is bright sunshine—a passing cloud has been pierced—that is all. As the train sweeps through the dense white mist, the red glow from the engine isreflected on the vapour. Then out it rushes into the sunlight again, along one angle afterthe other,
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