. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Lower Falls, Howick The Railway Hotel is immediately opposite the station. The usualsocial institutions, such as churches, library, and clubs, are in evidence,good fishing may be secured above the falls, and boating may be safelyindulged in. HOSPITAL SIDING.—Shortly after leaving Howick we pass througn Hospital Siding, which depot—owing to its healthy situation—wasthe site of a field hospital during the late war. As weproceed the country maintains its beautiful wattle-timbered character, and themaize and vegetable fields indicate th
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Lower Falls, Howick The Railway Hotel is immediately opposite the station. The usualsocial institutions, such as churches, library, and clubs, are in evidence,good fishing may be secured above the falls, and boating may be safelyindulged in. HOSPITAL SIDING.—Shortly after leaving Howick we pass througn Hospital Siding, which depot—owing to its healthy situation—wasthe site of a field hospital during the late war. As weproceed the country maintains its beautiful wattle-timbered character, and themaize and vegetable fields indicate the agricultural possibilities of the soil. r AltitudeDistance 3465 miles. FERN HILL is now quite near, and at this place a popular hotel is situated. [ AltitudDistan ce 3540 f92 m feet. ^ iles. 154. * ■ ■ ML • ^Bt»__ *• ^fl K^SEfe- , 4ogiC« pps • 1 Kar kloof Falls Lions River Valley TWEEDIE. AltitudeDistance -We soon make another stopping place, Tweedie, which station3630feet. ^ serves a flourishing wattle, dairying, farming, and stock- 93 miles. raising district. Close to this station is the famousTweedie Hall Estate, on which farming operations are carried out on an extensiveand up-to-date scale. The district is noted for the excellent stock which areraised on the various farms. Large supplies of milk are sent away from thestation daily. Imported grass has prospered so well on the soil in this districtthat the land carries nearly double the quantity of the stock as compared withthe natural veldt. As the Umgeni flows through this district the lands havethe additional advantage of being well watered. DARGLE ROAD.—As we pass through Dargle Road, to the left the country is broken up by marquee-shaped hills, and further on theInhluzani group may be espied. The Dargle R
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