File:Natal province - descriptive guide and official hand-book (1911) (14780236143).jpg

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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Boat Race, Amanzimtoti 246 and well-appointed. It controls a splendid view of the pleasure-giving featuresof the neighbourhood, on the left hand, the sea and shelly beach ; on the right,the broad lagoon and reedy isle, the graceful river, and the bushy undulationswhich extend for miles.
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Amanzimtoti Lagoon Boating, shooting, fishing, bathing, and tennis, are amongst the generalenjoyments, while the artistic and photographic eye will discover numerousscenes worthy of attention. The beauties of the river, which is navigable forseveral miles, are by no means obtrusive : they require to be courted, but,when found, he would be an unimpressionable mortal who was not charmedwith the many captivating spots along its palm-fringed banks. At variouspoints these banks rise to almost perpendicular heights, on which the wild-banana, aloe, and candelabra-like euphorbia, tower assertively through thesub-tropical thickets. Those who wish to be far from the madding crowd cannot do better than seek the quiet nooks beside the Amanzimtoti. Some three or four miles distant there is a large Mission Station, anda visit to the settlement will prove interesting. Advancing southwards, we catch the first glimpse of the ocean. Thesight is entrancing, and, with Longfellows Count Arnaldos, one long

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