The Cataracts of King George 



Orange, after which he gave the river the name 

 of the Orange River, in honour of that Prince." 

 It has been well said by an immortal writer : 

 " That man is little to be envied whose patriot- 

 ism would not gain force upon the plains of 

 Marathon or whose piety would not grow 

 warmer among the ruins of Iona." And so, in 

 this day of indissoluble Union, there are surely 

 few of us who can gaze unmoved on the map of 

 Southern Africa when we remember that the 

 Great River * was called after a Dutch Prince, 

 and that the Great Falls again rightly bear the 

 name of an English King. 2 



1 In old works of travel the Orange River is termed the 

 Gariep or " Great River." 



2 On my return to the Transvaal I forwarded a summary 

 of the above investigations to Dr J. G. Bartholomew, and 

 in a courteous letter of acknowledgment the eminent 

 geographer states that upon receipt of this information 

 he gave instructions that on the new maps of South Africa 

 to be issued by his firm, the Great Falls of the Orange 

 River shall hereafter be described by their true and former 

 name. 



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