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and rapidly increasing, trade in wool. It is es- 
timated to contain 10,000 acres of ground which 
is under cultivation, and 1,200,000 acres of 
pasturage. The main portion of these latter 
lies in that part of the district called Upper 
Albany, extending along the banks of the Great 
Fish Eiyer, past Forts Brown and Beaufort, 
as far as the Kat Eiver mission-station, the 
Blinkwater, and the Winterbergen. This last- 
named mountain is the highest in this part 
of the Colony. It forms the North-eastern angle 
of Albany ; and, from its table summit, it com- 
mands an extensive view, not only of the whole 
of this district, but also of those of Somerset, 
Cradock, and Graaff-Eeinet, together with parts 
of Kaffirland. From its sides flow the Konap, 
and other small streams which are tributaries 
to the Fish Eiver; and which, from the elevation 
of their sources, are easily led out for irrigation, 
and thus add to the luxuriance of the adjoining 
farms. The country through and around the 
Zuureberg, (in the district of TJitenhage) has 
lately been much improved, by the cutting of 
a new road through this district, from Port 
Elizabeth to Burgher' s-Dorp. Other similar 
works are also progressing through Kaffirland; 
and, in a few years more, we trust to hear of 
the whole of these districts being intersected 
by main roads — thus cutting out the bush, and 
