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MAT Ad: 
A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY, 
INCLUDING ITS 
NATURAL FEATURES, PRODUCTIONS, INDUSTRIAL 
CONDITION AND PROSPECTS. 
BY 
HENRY BROOKS, 
FOR MANY YEARS A RESIDENT IN THE COLONY. 
EDITED BY 
DR. R. J. MANN, FRAS., F.B.GS., 
Late Superintendent of Education in the Colony. 
CONTENTS. wie 
CHAPTER, 
I. Geographical Position and Character. 
II. Geological Formation. 
III. Climate. 
IV. Wild Animal Life. 
V. Indigenous Vegetable Productions. 
VI. Early History. 
VII. British Colonisation and Rule. 
VIII. Social Progress and Prospects. 
ILLUSTRATIONS. , 
Frontispiece. View on the Palmiet River, near Westville. 
Physical and Topographical Map of the Colony. 
Plan of the Inner Bay or Harbour. : . 
Sandstone Wall on the shoulder of Pietermaritzburg Table 
Mountain. ‘ 
Mines at the Diamond Fields on the Vaal River. 
The Valley of the Umgeni from Table Mountain. 
The Lower Falls of the Umgeni. 
Great Fall of the Umgeni at Howick. 
Glade at Aliceville, with Wild Bananas and Date-palms. 
10. Euphorbia Caput-Meduse. 
11. Arduinia grandiflora—Amatungulu. 
12. Scarlet Cyrtanthus—Flame-lily. 
13. Thunbergia Natalitia. : 
14, Portrait of Langalibalele, Chief of the Amahlubi Kaffirs. 
15. Mission on the Hills near Verulam. 
16. Kranzkop ; overlooking the Tugela Valley. 
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