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Title: A cyclopedia of missions : containing a comprehensive view of missionary operations throughout the world : with geographical descriptions, and accounts of the social, moral, and religious condition of the people
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Newcomb, Harvey, 1803-1863
Subjects: Missions
Publisher: New York : Scribner
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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lo-ny, his Secretary, and other chief officers ofGovernment, have their residence at this place.Extensive liarracks have been erected forBritish soldiers, and part of a regiment isquartered in them. Jhe Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Indejien-dents, Wesleyans and Catholics have theirhouses of worship. A large and flourishingschool is supported by Government. Threejiapers are published, the Independent,•Government (Jazeteer, and Witness forthe People. The morals of this place are farin advance of those in DUrban, and for health-Iulness of climate and beauty of a))pearance,it is not surpassed by any locality in the col-ony. The trade of Pietermaritzburg is ))rineipallywith the Dutch fai-niers who come from beyondthe (Quathamba Mountains, some ten daysjourney with the ox wagon, and exchangetheir ivory, wheat, and Vool for groceries,clothing, &c. Sccncrij—Climate—Prospects of the Coloni/.—Natal is preeminent for the beauty of its land-scapes. Along the coast, the surface is for
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NATAL—NESTORIANS. 553 tlie most part level; but inland, at the dis-tance of about 15 miles, ruj^ged ii> the extreme.A chain of high table lands extends the wholelength of the colony, intersected by numerousrivers which have worn deep chasms to thelow country. During June and July (thewinter months) the natives burn off the longgrass, and the hills and valleys assume a darkand mournful aspect. But in September andOctober the rain descends copiously, and thewhole country is covered, as if by magic,with a carpet of green. The scenery is thentruly magnificent. Natal is acknowledged tobe one of the healthiest places in Africa.The tops of the Quathamba Mountains aresupposed to afford a cooling medium for thehot winds which come from the interior, andhence Natal is exempt from that debilitatingatmosphere which is the scourge of otherwarm climates. The Natal climate is mildand temperate, the atmosphere delightfullyclear, and those noxious vapors which proveso unfavorable to health and lo

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