The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . ^ sent. blossoms of the mimosa trees not only enliven the landscape,but impregnate the air with a delicious, but somewhat heavyodour. A few farm-houses are sighted, and a siding close toanother derrick indicates the existence of more coal mines. 244 For some miles beyond this point the country remainsunchanged. Waschbank, 218} miles from Durban, 3,527 feet in altitude,is passed ; then the line gradually rises, until at Glencoe Junction, 231 miles from Durban, 4,304 feet inaltitude, it branches off on the Dundee deviation
The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . ^ sent. blossoms of the mimosa trees not only enliven the landscape,but impregnate the air with a delicious, but somewhat heavyodour. A few farm-houses are sighted, and a siding close toanother derrick indicates the existence of more coal mines. 244 For some miles beyond this point the country remainsunchanged. Waschbank, 218} miles from Durban, 3,527 feet in altitude,is passed ; then the line gradually rises, until at Glencoe Junction, 231 miles from Durban, 4,304 feet inaltitude, it branches off on the Dundee deviation. At thispoint refreshments are obtainable. The line from the Junction to the town of Dundee, i>undee. 236 miles which is in sight, is six miles in length. This locality may f^om be regarded at present, and for some time to come, as the ^ <• main coal mining centre of the Colony. The settlement is divided into two separate parts, oneof which is named Dundee, and the other former is pleasantly situated on a hill, while the latterlies below and adjace
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