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SPORT AND AVAR. 
CHAP. XXI. 
capital, and private friends carried Currie and my¬ 
self on. 
The very day of our crossing over the mountain into 
Natal we met on the slopes of the Dragensberg a large 
multitude of Zulus drawn up under the resident magis¬ 
trate and their own chief, the same Langalibalele who 
is now so much talked about. And what is also a strange 
coincidence, we moved the next day (September 1) to 
Colenso, a township so named after the Bishop. On 
the 2nd we proceeded on to the Bushman’s River, and 
on the third reached Pietermauritzberg. 
The day we entered Pietermauritzberg was one of 
those days at Natal when it blows a perfect hurricane. 
The country is very dry and burnt up at this time of 
the year, and the clouds of dust along the roads are 
something: terrible. About twelve miles from the 
capital the road crosses the Umgeni River at a ford 
about 100 yards above the waterfall of that name. These 
falls are 320 feet high, and the body of water is very 
great. On this day the high wind caught up the 
spray at the falls and threw it back in a circle over 
the ford high up above our heads, thus forming a com¬ 
plete rainbow, with all its varied and beautiful colours 
—it represented a grand triumphal arch for His Royal 
Highness to pass under, and one very appropriate for 
the Sailor Prince. 
At Pietermauritzberg there were great rejoicings 
