TO PRETORIA. 1 



The East London line via Aliwal North to Johannes- 

 burg is the least used : 



miles. 



East London to Aliwal North (rail) . .280 

 Aliwal North to Johannesburg (coach) . 320 



Total miles . . GOO 



The Natal, and the most pleasant, route is by way of 

 Durban : 



miles. 



Durban (Point) to Charlestown (rail) . .304 

 Charlestown to Johannesburg (coach) say 130 



Total miles . . 434 



The last way the Transvaal may be approached is via 

 Delagoa Bay: 



miles. 



Delagoa Bay to Moveni (rail) .... 62 

 Moveni to Barberton (coach) .... 98 

 Barberton to Pretoria (coach) . . . .167 

 Pretoria to Johannesburg (coach) .. 



32 



Total miles . . 359* 



I had business to transact at both Cape Town and 

 Durban, so necessarily approached the Transvaal through 

 Natal. The voyage between Cape Town and Durban, 

 calling at Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, and East London, 

 occupied a week. We reached Mossel Bay on Sunday 

 morning, and the church service, which on previous 

 Sundays had seemed to have been of very strict ob- 

 servance, was now suspended for the important opera- 

 tion of discharging cargo. Port Elizabeth has no claim 

 to beauty, but possesses an exceedingly healthy climate, 

 is renowned for having the most genial and hospitable 

 community in South Africa, can justly be proud of its 



* The accuracy of these figures can be relied upon, and they are extracted 

 from some statistics specially prepared for the ' Johannesburg Standard and 

 Digger's News/ by D. C. Stevens. 



