The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . will be remembered, was granted a farm in this the eastward of the township, there is a lagoon whichprovides about three miles of boating. This stretch of watercarries an average width of a hundred yards, and constitutesthe principal attraction of the place. Pleasure parties may 5 hire boats for a few shillings. Good shooting is obtainable ;bush and red buck are to be had, wild duck, wood pigeons,doves, cranes and ibises abound, while fishing of first-classdescription can be enjoyed both in the lagoon and on
The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . will be remembered, was granted a farm in this the eastward of the township, there is a lagoon whichprovides about three miles of boating. This stretch of watercarries an average width of a hundred yards, and constitutesthe principal attraction of the place. Pleasure parties may 5 hire boats for a few shillings. Good shooting is obtainable ;bush and red buck are to be had, wild duck, wood pigeons,doves, cranes and ibises abound, while fishing of first-classdescription can be enjoyed both in the lagoon and on thebeach. Isipingo is one of the usual resorts of picnic is convenient to Durban, and the trip there and back caneasily be accomplished in a day. A post cart leavesIsipingo every morning for Umzinto, a distance of forty-twomiles south. The fare is twenty shillings, and the journey isdone in three-quarters of a day. As the southern districts of Natal have already beendealt with in Section VII., it is unnecessary to carry thedescription of this route ii6 Sl<:CTION XI. DUKHAN TO UMGENI. IEAVIXG Durban, say by the \).m. train, the_^ tourist will have ample opportunity of enjoying thescenery, visiting the small town of Vcrulam to the north ofDurban, and returning to the sea[)ort the same night in comfort. Steaming out of the great archway of the main stationat Durban, the tourist will ])ass o\-er a multitude of shuntings,and strike the open countr}- in the course of a few first point of interest likely to arrest his attention isthat populous suburb of Durban named Greyville. Neat little cottages and villas will pass in rapid review, Greyvillewhile a school-house here, or a chapel there, seen for a ji niiiesmoment and then lost, proclaim the fact that the place, though ])°],,^„only a suburb, is inclined to independence by creating its ownsocial centres. At Greyville Station a momentary halt ismade, a few passengers picked up, and then away
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