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extent in the rich alluvial plains, and tea is grown 

 with an amount of success which bids fair to enrich 

 the Colony substantially. 



The higher parts of the country between Pieter- 

 maritzburg (the capital) and the boundaries of the 

 Orange Free State and the Transvaal are, as 

 stockbreeding areas, about on a par with the Cape 

 Colony. In many localities the sheep do fairly 

 well, but the runs are not very extensive. Cattle, 

 if not of too heavy a breed, also do well in these 

 parts, and although " horse-sickness " is sometimes 

 prevalent, it is not so destructively fatal as in the 

 Transvaal, and, indeed, its visits are fitful with 

 intervals of a year or two between them. Cereal 

 crops grow well enough, but large spaces suitable 

 for the plough are rare, and on most farms only 

 amount to a few acres. Maize and millet are 

 largely cultivated by the farmers and the numerous 

 natives, as such crops do well in situations un- 

 suitable for other cereals, and on them the Zulus 

 thrive, and have generally a surplus for sale. 



The Zulus, although living almost exclusively 

 on "mealies" (maize), supplemented with a little 

 milk, are a splendid race physically, and, although 

 not of remarkable stature, are almost universally 



