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ward, rejoicing in the happy conclusion of our negotiation, 
and in the prospect of soon having a useful mission there. 
_ [Mr. Boyce returns, and takes up his abode with the Chief 
Faku’s Tribe, November 29, 1830. | 
The site of the Station, he remarks, is tolerably pleasant 
for this part of the country ; to the right and left of the ridge 
upon which we intend to build, are ranges of green hills, 
covered with the finest grass, a yard high up to their tops. 
In front we have a prospect of a distant range of mountains, 
one of which is a table mountain, with another near it in the 
form of a cone, to which the late Messrs. Cowie and Green 
gave the name of Mount Lowry *. Below our ridge is a large 
and rather wide kloof, which contains a few acres of very 
good land for cultivation. Through this kloof the small 
stream Dangwarra runs, which is completely dried up in the 
dry season, at which time our water must be fetched from 
a more distant fountain, and the cattle will have to go to the 
Umegazi to drink, a distance of about three or four miles. 
There is very little timber suitable for building nearer than 
a fine bush called Turvey’s Bush, about ten miles distant, 
to which the road is very bad. Perhaps we may find 
tumber in the kloofs near the Zimvooboo, about the same 
distance from us. We are at about an equal distance from 
the great and little Umgazi rivers, and about fifteen miles 
from the sea. Since we have been here, the heat has been 
extreme in the former part of the day, but about two, p.m., 
we have been favoured with a fine breeze from the sea, 
which has made the latter part of the day comparatively 
pleasant. On the whole we have every reason to be satis- 
fied with the place: it is the only place suitable for a Sta- 
tion, and we have chosen it for our abode, at the particular 
request of the Chief, which gives us a special claim upon 
him for protection. The population is very great, and not 
* In compliment to His Excellency Sir Lowry Cole-—Ep. 
