. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. Cape Town, the capital of the colony, stands onTable Bay. The aspect of the town and its sur-roundings, as viewed from the deck of a ship an-chored in St. Simons Bay, is extremely the right rises a curiously shaped hill, withthe appropriate name of the Lions Head; infront is the flat-topped Table Mountain, and onthe left stands the picturesque height known asDevils Peak. The town itself is not particularly attractive,the majority of the streets being narrow and builtof mean-looking houses, which are chiefly
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. Cape Town, the capital of the colony, stands onTable Bay. The aspect of the town and its sur-roundings, as viewed from the deck of a ship an-chored in St. Simons Bay, is extremely the right rises a curiously shaped hill, withthe appropriate name of the Lions Head; infront is the flat-topped Table Mountain, and onthe left stands the picturesque height known asDevils Peak. The town itself is not particularly attractive,the majority of the streets being narrow and builtof mean-looking houses, which are chiefly occu-pied by the colored residents. Prominent amongthese, however, are some stately public buildings,including Parliament House, and a handsomemuseum. The suburbs furnish a much moreagreeable prospect, with their clusters of resi-dences, varied here and there with some quaintspecimens of the old Dutch style. They arereached by excellent roads, lined with imposingtrees and garden shrubberies, from which peepout pretty, thatched homesteads and comfortable-looking » a no a ao >•u OS < u Q QZ < U blQ <Xt- O» <KIdZ uo 3«J 314 PEEPS INTO AFRICAN COUNTRIES Port Elizabeth is second only to Cape Town inimportance, and ranks almost equally with it asa seaport. But the open character of Algoa Bay,upon which it stands, does not give it the samesecurity for shipping as its rival. It is connectedby rail with Grahamstown, the center of a healthydistrict devoted to the rearing of sheep and os-triches. Farming and sheep-rearing are the chief indus-tries of the Dutch element throughout the colony,and wool is a most valuable article of trade. Os-trich feathers, hides, copper ore, and goats hair—of the Angora breed, from which mohair is made— are among the chief exports. Vine growingand wine production are also receiving attention,but nothing now compares in value with the out-put of diamonds from the mines of Kimberley. This City of Diamonds is situated in Griqua-
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