The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . , near the villagesof Weston and Estcourt. The next and last, soars to 6,000feet; while from this grand altitude the majestic peaksalready named, lift up their crests Haze wrapt and distant,crowned by fleecy clouds. Until quite lately, the grandeur-of this district could be enjoyed only by the lucky few whopossess sufficient leisure and wealth to depart from the mainbeaten tracks of trade, and to loiter in an ox-wagon throughthe sublime solitudes where the foot of civilised man had butseldom been set, and where the only
The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . , near the villagesof Weston and Estcourt. The next and last, soars to 6,000feet; while from this grand altitude the majestic peaksalready named, lift up their crests Haze wrapt and distant,crowned by fleecy clouds. Until quite lately, the grandeur-of this district could be enjoyed only by the lucky few whopossess sufficient leisure and wealth to depart from the mainbeaten tracks of trade, and to loiter in an ox-wagon throughthe sublime solitudes where the foot of civilised man had butseldom been set, and where the only signs of life to be metwith were the broad-winged eagles or the fleet-footed are legends of Bushmen (Pygmies), who with poisonedarrows made night raids on travellers encampments, ofhairbreadth escapes, and encounters with lions, associatedwith the place ; while here and there, those who know howto seek out information, can find the spots where in the olddays the pioneer whites and the natives decided many aquestion by appeals to arms. Away up midst the peaks. of (iiants Castle, there is a spot held sacred by every trueNatalian, for there a small party of colonists—sixty in number—held at bay a rebellious mass of natives, five thousand strong,and left on the rocks evidences of their loyalty and may those peaks stand all temple-like and in good time when the drier details of this section aretold, and we start fairly off on our travels, such stories mayserve to rouse our interest as we sweep through the sceneswhere were enacted so many dramas of stirring interest. The next range in order is the Little Drakensberg, whichsprings from Champagne Castle, and for about thirteen milessweeps through a realm of mountain and flood, as grandlybeautiful as the heart of man can desire. It is while travellingthrough such scenes as this region presents, that the Briton beginsto realise how grand is the African heritage of his Empire,and how well worthy it i
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