. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Majuba station, on the left will be a narrow plain, and an isolated lulllike a dunce ip, It was around this hill thai thitowards Bo1 has Pass and Alleman I In- method oi neg1 ial ing the Ii > Hei is ii Instead ol tunnelling, which would bi rails are I nl the mountain in zig za ind by twice reversing theand then a1 I nkwelo Stafi stal i the t rain is this station a delightful view of the. country below, and tl with its horseshoe curve over the bridges known I he I h Shortly afterwards the train winds round the base ol Ink
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Majuba station, on the left will be a narrow plain, and an isolated lulllike a dunce ip, It was around this hill thai thitowards Bo1 has Pass and Alleman I In- method oi neg1 ial ing the Ii > Hei is ii Instead ol tunnelling, which would bi rails are I nl the mountain in zig za ind by twice reversing theand then a1 I nkwelo Stafi stal i the t rain is this station a delightful view of the. country below, and tl with its horseshoe curve over the bridges known I he I h Shortly afterwards the train winds round the base ol Inkwelo, |left the I 88 I cemetery, marked by a solitary tree, where r< Colh and a great part of the slain in the three engagements on ! .trigs Nek, IngogoHeights, and Military Cemetery at Mount Prospect, where General Sir George Colley is buried; Majuba in background MOUNT PROSPECT then comes into sight. Not far away, at the foot off Altitude - - 4983feet. ^ Majuba, stands ONeills house, where the Peace Treaty 1 Dlstance 296 miles- 1 of 1881 was signed. After rounding Majuba, General Colleys resting-place can be more distinctly seen on the right. Just before entering Langs Nek tunnel, the site of the disaster may beobserved on the right-hand side. After passing through the tunnel ( feetlong—both ends of which were shattered by the enemy in 1900) the LangsNek stopping place is noticed. Tourists may halt here in order to visit thehistoric spots referred to. CHARLESTOWN, the border station, is shortly afterwards reached. Before ^ the line was continued into the Transvaal, and to theJ Rand, in 1895, Charlestown was the terminus of railway f AltitucDistan dece 5386 feet304 mile 204
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