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2 . , in some places grow ground-nuts, mealies, sesame, &c. for export, but 
T . natives usually do enough cultivation to supply their own wants, and P the native population less dependent on its 
Native cultivation. The n from the Transvaal by natives who have gone there to , with t h e improvident and thriftless habits 
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Terelro, however, severe, railway system via, ^ ^ Marques t0 the Transvaal border where it joins the Centra, South Afrrcan Rarlway and 
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1 0 front this line has its tern, inns at the ^n»balu« ^ the railway s from Cape Colony at Bulawayo, whence extends the hue 
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the ports visited. .... , on bv boats and barges for a long distance up several of the rivers, as well as up rivers not open to the sea, while even 
Beyond the ports mentioned navigation is carried on y ^ £ , th transp0 rt of produce and passengers. . . 
the small streams, so long as they are not too rapid, are used by native du S_°“ ' carriages in the Province ; Lourenao Marques has a good electric tram service ; the 
Apart from the district of Lourenao Marques there are few wagons troll e ^ ^ the5e ^ and are fit for the road s ; and, where these are unfit the 
other towns have tram service by native power ; mules and donkeys are the mea g g contrivance is the only means of passenger transport m Zambes.a 
Mashila, vi, a hammock siung on a bamboo and carried on the* ou ders ^ to or three relays of natives taking turn at carrying, but a„ keeping in company 
and northward, and as the bearers keep up a kind of trot 30 to 35 y u t . . . . mn 
to do so as required. rimilar distance) carry i n g from 60 to 100 lbs. each, and walk or trot at a pace excee mg t a w ic a 
can keep u^and after day for a week or two, livin K of produce is still the main impediment tc .the rapid 
By the above various means most parts of the Province can e m development lines are meantime under consideration, one of which, from Chai-chai o 
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Lourenzo Marques one would have expected the near proximity of the I ransvaal 10 “ a( (he J me season . But with the exception of Dr. Saldanha’s fine farm at the 
