South African studies . towns. It isthe old capital of the British settlers who firstlanded in the Eastern Province in 1820 ; and,in addition to pleasant society, it has somehistorical interest, and an excellent libraryand museum. The following three diagrams are afterTheal. They show in a striking manner thepeculiar configuration of the country. TheBoers of the Transvaal and Free State, as aglance at these diagrams will show, are on theplateau. Their object has always been toforce the fighting in the mountain and onthe coast terraces, keeping it off the succeeded entirely in 1881
South African studies . towns. It isthe old capital of the British settlers who firstlanded in the Eastern Province in 1820 ; and,in addition to pleasant society, it has somehistorical interest, and an excellent libraryand museum. The following three diagrams are afterTheal. They show in a striking manner thepeculiar configuration of the country. TheBoers of the Transvaal and Free State, as aglance at these diagrams will show, are on theplateau. Their object has always been toforce the fighting in the mountain and onthe coast terraces, keeping it off the succeeded entirely in 1881. They arenow fighting under the Drakensberg, in Natal,and will endeavour to meet us in the Strom-berg. To the West there are no mountains,and our columns will have to be met on theplateau. The whole country, as these draw-ings readily show, is a huge tableland. The region between the DrakensbergMountains and the sea in Natal is a beauti-ful one, more broken and wooded than thecorresponding region in the greater part of. Durban. c6i( L on don TAt>/e Bay Port £/li^abefh C /IguJhas ? Diagram i : South Africa.—A. Johannesburg; B. Pretoria; C. Kimberley ;D. Bloemfontein ; E. Estcourt ; F. Maritzburg ; G. Ladysmith. Themountains are continuous, though different parts of the range have diiferentnames. Thus from W. to E. are the (Ka.) Kamiesberg ; (Ro) Roggeveld ;(Ni) Nieuweld ; (Sn) Sneenberg ; (St) Stormberg ; (Dr) Drakensberg. ?S ^ •^
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