The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . is good, while its back countryconstitutes a fine pastoral From the sea, the Umzimkulu mouth no more shadows forththe real worth and beauty of the district, than oftentimes the. SOUTH NATAL. appearance of a talented savaut does his learning. Here and there along the coast formidable masses of rock crop up from The the sand ; one of these, slightl} to the northward of the harbour. Place! possesses especial interest, for here, in the old days of savage 72 rule, the sable i)f)tentatcs of the land were wont to


The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . is good, while its back countryconstitutes a fine pastoral From the sea, the Umzimkulu mouth no more shadows forththe real worth and beauty of the district, than oftentimes the. SOUTH NATAL. appearance of a talented savaut does his learning. Here and there along the coast formidable masses of rock crop up from The the sand ; one of these, slightl} to the northward of the harbour. Place! possesses especial interest, for here, in the old days of savage 72 rule, the sable i)f)tentatcs of the land were wont to carr) outthe extreme penaltx of their displeasure on such unluckywretches aa had incurred it. There is a cleft in the rocks which goes down far beneathlow-water mark. Its smooth worn sides arc like a funnel, andits depths are continuall} swept b\ seething water, lashedwhite as snow. Into this cleft the \ictims were hurled withoutmercy, and there, in their hopeless and terrible plight, theywere beaten (jut of human semblance b\ the ceaseless rise and


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