The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . y, are located. Smallfarmers and Indian settlers occupy nearly every available inchof the district, which is traversed in all directions by goodroads. The post cart service, which starts from Verulam, issubsidised by Government, and the name of the popularcontractor, Mr. John Welch, is as well known in Natal asthat of Shakespeare. Wherever there is a railway terminus,there will be found the strong high-wheeled carts andwagonettes with their prancing teams of well-fed andgroomed horses. Punctual to the hour of noon the bu
The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . y, are located. Smallfarmers and Indian settlers occupy nearly every available inchof the district, which is traversed in all directions by goodroads. The post cart service, which starts from Verulam, issubsidised by Government, and the name of the popularcontractor, Mr. John Welch, is as well known in Natal asthat of Shakespeare. Wherever there is a railway terminus,there will be found the strong high-wheeled carts andwagonettes with their prancing teams of well-fed andgroomed horses. Punctual to the hour of noon the buglesounds, the reins are gathered up, and with a clatter of 135 K2 hoofs, the team plun_<;es off across tlie market square, alongthe main street, and into the weir of the Umhloti River, where, amidstflying sprayand brightwater, the cartcrosses thestream. Fora few milesthe road isbordered byhedges. Hereand there atall euphor-bia, with itsmournfulspines, or aflat-toppedwhite mimosatree, rem-nants of theoriginal for-ests, cut intothe sky ; buton the whole,cu 1 tivation. TOBACCO PLANTATlOr prevails, and the so-called Loneland looks very much the reverse of itslate general appellation. Fullers Hill, a long gradual ascent, raises the cart to anelevation of about 400 feet above Verulam, of which a goodview is obtained. Fullers Flats next come into sight, andfor some miles the route lies through a bush-studded, fertileand beautiful region. Away to the eastward, the factory ofthe Tongaat Central Sugar Mill can be seen. This mill isfitted with the very latest and best description of machineryand, being under able management, is certain to prove anacquisition to the sugar industry of the Colony. 1^,6 Victoria Villai^c is located on the furtlicr side of FullersFlats, where Host Smith of the Chelmsford Hotel, with hisgenial kindliness, will be ever ready to afford all necessaryinformation to the enquirer who seeks a more detailed acquain-tanceship with the countr}-. \ictoria is no imposi
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