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Identifier: natalprovincedes00tatl (find matches)
Title: Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Tatlow, A.H South African Railways. Publicity Dept
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: Durban, Natal : South African Railways Printing Works
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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kness of the unawakened morn, the gentle sisters and thebearded monks may be seen passing to their holy avocations, or noiselessly—save for thesound of their sandalled feet—returning with bended heads to the unfinished labour of theirhands. If convenience permit, the dormitories and refectory should also be visited. Probably,at the end of your tour, the sun will have dropped behind the western hills, and you will bemaking ready to hurry on the lonely road into the larger world. When you come to theoutskirts of this holy town, turn and listen for a moment, and you may hear, quivering uponthe cool and sympathetic air, the sound of the deep-toned bell summoning the silence-weddedmonks to their evening prayers. After leaving Pinetown another long ascent—namely, FlELD*S HlLL-has to be negotiated, but in proportion to the difficulty of masteringthe steep gradients the grandeur of the scenery below is made manifest.The prospect, is pleasing and invigorating. Passing the charmingly- 110
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natural PALM I ETFALLS we proceedtowards WYEBANK, where C AltitudeDistance 1536 feet.20 miles. another magnificentscene bursts almostimmediately intoview. Our tortuousjourney is continuedto a higher altitude,from which weshortly witness therugged grandeur ofthe scenery in thevicinity of KRANTZ KLOOF. r All it.udeDistance 1808 feet.23 miles. From the altitude ofthis station, with theaid of the telescope,ships can be dis-cerned passing alongthe coast, while thetract of country ex-tending to the shorecan be distinctlydefined. The attrac-tion of the kloofs inthis vicinity issupreme, and theymust be visitedbefore an adequateconception of theirgrandeur can bef o rm ed. Owing,doubtless, to thedelightful bracingclimate an excellentConvalescent Homehas been built in theneighbourhood. / \ih)iict Falls

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