. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Town Hall, lith and Kroonstad Line (Orange Free State), as well as an important loeomoicentre, railway employees account for a fair proportion of the towns population. Ladysmith is the post-cart town for Dewdrop, Acton Homes. Spion Bergville (Upper Tugela). The service is a tri-weekly one (, and Fridays), and the fares are 7s. 6d., 12s. and 17s. When the branch line from Ennersdale to Hongers Poort iscompleted these settlements will be much nearer the railway, and the post-cartservice
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Town Hall, lith and Kroonstad Line (Orange Free State), as well as an important loeomoicentre, railway employees account for a fair proportion of the towns population. Ladysmith is the post-cart town for Dewdrop, Acton Homes. Spion Bergville (Upper Tugela). The service is a tri-weekly one (, and Fridays), and the fares are 7s. 6d., 12s. and 17s. When the branch line from Ennersdale to Hongers Poort iscompleted these settlements will be much nearer the railway, and the post-cartservice will be removed accordingly. The Drakensberg Range is of immense scenic grandeur, of absorbinglygeological, botanical, and anthropological interest, and offers uncommonopportunities to the sportsman and mountaineer. It is indeed singular that. \fun hison Street, Ladysmith 188 «. A f. •--J f<* . ^J until recent times no great effort seemsto have been made to reveal the beautiesto the world, or even to the people ofSouth Africa. By the wise direction of theGovernment, however, a special expeditionwas despatched to these mountain fast-nesses, and some very valuable data andphotographs have in consequence beensecured, forming the subject of a separatechapter. The Siege In passing through this quiet place itis difficult to realise that it is the townwhich so valiantly suffered the numberlessprivations, and all the ghastly ills of aprotracted siege. The most historic of the many hillsaround Ladysmith are : Umbulwana, Lom-bards Kop, Gun Hill, Pepworths Hill, Sur-prise Hill, and Nicholsons Nek, which wereoccupied by the Boers : and Wagon Hill,Caesars Camp, and Observation Hill defendedby the British during the Boer investmentof the town. Other famous spots in con-nection with the defence and relief ofLadysmith are : Farquhars
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