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nor can we but believe, from the salubrity of 
this climate, and other local resources, that this 
might most advantageously be made a large 
central and invalid depot for regiments in India 
and the East, both cavalry and infantry. But 
let it ever be borne in mind, that indispensible 
as military men, and cordons of military forts 
are, (just such as have been lately erected) in 
Ekffraria ; still the paramount requirements is 
an increased European population. 
We know of passes in the Amatola moun- 
tains, through which we have often walked and 
ridden, while hunting after the objects or beau- 
ties of nature, by which 5000 Kaffirs could 
be led back into those fastnesses in one dark 
night ; while ten times the number of troops, 
now garrisoning the forts around, if there, could 
not prevent them. And this is no error in 
military tactics, or want of foresight. Far 
otherwise, the frontier lines of the Colony never 
were better placed, or organized, than at the 
present ; we do not know that they could be 
so. But, say that forts are placed, not every 
forty, but every ten miles, along the border; 
those who have seen and lived "in the bush," 
know full well, that still, with the greatest 
ease, Sandilli, Macomo, and Anta, with all their 
warriors at their backs, could soon, if they wish- 
