CHAPTER V. 
THE TOPOGKAPHY OF THE EASTERN PROVINCE OE THE CAPE 
COLONY. 
u Albany " opens the sketch of this part of the 
Colony; which, with the exception of the Cape 
district, is the most populous in it, although 
being far from the largest in territory. In its to- 
pographical description, it is divided into Upper 
and Lower Albany, the latter part also being 
known as " the Zuureveld" This was the im- 
mediate location of the British settlers of 1820, 
who may be said to have founded and formed 
this division of the Colony, and well indeed 
they have done so. The farms and homesteads 
do credit to their industry and perseverance, 
their cheerful contentment, and unshaken loy- 
alty to the religion, government, and sovereign 
of their fathers, notwithstanding their con- 
tinual losses from the Kaffirs and Hottentots, 
does equal credit to their piety. We know 
not that we ever were more impressed, than 
by the unflinching confidence, which these set- 
tlers of Albany and their children possess, in 
their certain success as a Colony. Notwith- 
standing the most trying obstacles, no matter 
