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Avith fertile pastures on which graze herds of long- 

 horned cattle. The sweet wines of the Paarl rival 

 in excellence those of Constancia. The slopes of 

 the hills are well wooded, the general aspect of the 

 valley is of extraordinary attraction . R onnd about 

 Wellington, a toA\ai in the vicinity of the Paarl, wo 

 find a great corn-growing country, while in the 

 division of Worcester, a hundred miles distant from 

 Cape Town, we come to a district producing an 

 abundance of sheep, cattle, horses, ostriches, corn, 

 dried fruits, and Avines. The town of Worcester 

 has been admirably constructed. '' The. streets are 

 Avell laid out in parallelogi'ams, bordered Avith 

 AA^ater-courses and eucalyptus trees. A plentiful 

 supply of Avater, coiiA'-eyed from the Hex Kiver l)y 

 an artificial canal six miles in length, imparts to 

 the toAvn an unusually verdant aspect, the charm 

 of Avhich is enhanced by contrast AA'ith the sterile 

 appearance of the lofty and rugged mountains 

 Avhicli surround it. About nine miles from A\ oi- 

 cester there are hot springs Avith a temperature of 

 145 deg., the Avater of Avhich is famed for its 

 cure of Avounds and skin diseases." ^ Speaking 

 generally of the road between Cape Toavu and 

 the summit of the Hex River Pass, the moun- 

 tain and Aalley scenery is hardly to be sur- 

 passed in loveliness, and the traveller, assisted by 

 memory or imagination, may fancy himself noAv in 

 Yorkshire or Worcestershire, noAv in the Hio-hlands 

 of Scotland, noAv in the A^alleys of Provence. After 

 leaving Worcester, the railway ascends the Hex 

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