. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Pair to become b worthy rival of the otl f Altitudt i1 Pi | V\ i I itanoe • m watering plai ■ \ hal simili - Um ood expanse oi hunch, a brond riv< ellent Iboating, bathing, and Pishing, and splendid inland indulged in the many rock pec md very <<ood sport can also obtained From sen fishin As an ideal spol for a h( / it nlydeserving oi increasing popularity. Then no cotta i the beach, bu1 such will, no doubt, rected in the near Putui hotel and store is a1 presenl two miles inland. Passing the Iand Umhluncwa, UMZU
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Pair to become b worthy rival of the otl f Altitudt i1 Pi | V\ i I itanoe • m watering plai ■ \ hal simili - Um ood expanse oi hunch, a brond riv< ellent Iboating, bathing, and Pishing, and splendid inland indulged in the many rock pec md very <<ood sport can also obtained From sen fishin As an ideal spol for a h( / it nlydeserving oi increasing popularity. Then no cotta i the beach, bu1 such will, no doubt, rected in the near Putui hotel and store is a1 presenl two miles inland. Passing the Iand Umhluncwa, UMZUMBI is the next station, and the last one hclore Port Shepsl C AltitucDistan dece 5867 Peat, ^ reached, and unless there be passengers to join or alight , miles. at the two intermediate stopping places, MELVILLE andllMTENTWENl, the train is given a clear run to Port Shepstone. There are oyster beds at Umzumbi, and good fishing, bathing, boating,and shooting may be obtained. The principal products include bananas, pineapples, oranges, maize, South Cuci&t Line near Port Shepstone Before discussing Port Shepstone, a few observations anent the railwayand the country through which it passes may prove interesting. Thesection of the line from Umtwalumi to Port Shepstone was opened amidstmuch local jubilation, by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Henry McCallum,in July, 1901. The engineering difficulties in the construction of the line willhave been appreciated, the chief of which was the crossing of the abnormalnumber of rivers and lagoons. Between Park Rynie and South Shepstone(38] miles) there are twenty-three rivers involving no fewer than 6,780 feet ofbridging. The three longest bridges are those over the Ifafa, Umtwalumi, andthe Umzimkulu, 720 feet, 630 feet, and 1,050 feet long, respectively. It ismanifest, therefore, not only from this fact, but from the fresh and exuberant 256 appearance of the country throughout, that the natural irrigation is exceptional,and
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