I N A N D A XllAAL, WATAL,
WITHIN the British colony of Natal tliei'e exists a large native population of Zulus who have
fled from the tyranny and despotism of their own territory, and have sought an asylum under the
protection of the whites. These refugees have had locations assigned tliem by the Government,
and are dwelling in comfort and security in their own
kraals, fi-ee from the continual dread of being sui-prised
d u r i n g the night, and dragged forth to slaughter, as was
too frequently the case in their OITO kingdom. One of these
native locations is in the district of Inanda, ii romantic .
region, with steep rugged mountfuns, table-topped, and intersected
by lovely valleys, through which streams munnur
beneath the rich jungle that shades them from the sun.
" Girt by t •s leafy
On the slopes of these mountain valleys may be seen
numerous kraals, from whence the smoke curls up in quiet
wreaths, telling of homes and repose amougst the sons of
benighted Africa, One of these kraal scenes is represented
in the Plate- On the left is the eiiclosui'e into which the
cattle are di-iveii at night to protect them from the attacks
of leopards and hyenas; in the foreground, to the right,
s t a n d several " izzelulus," or reed stoi-ehouses for grain and
pumpkins, and near them is a group of lads, one of whom
is playing on a musical insti-ument.
The high table mountains of the Inanda are visited by
violent thunder-storms, that crash and i-oll above their
s t em precipices with a grandeur truly awful. The majestic
effects produced amidst this mountain scenery during such
s t o n n s must be witnessed to be understood; the gleams of
sunshine revealing some projecting rock amid the mist of
whirling cloud,—tlie fleeting rainbow stretching across the
yellow and watery sky,—the solemn thunder re-echoed from
a thousand crags, and the vivid and forked lightning that plays
are the scenes that Nature presents in all her majesty amongst the mountains of Natal,
USICIAN.
zig-zag streamei-s with a teirible ]>rilliancy,—these
" Where the grin. Mtyr-fiiced hiibooi.
Sits jRhberiiig to the rising moon.
Or cliides witli hoarse and angry cry
Tlie lier(ls.nn.i m he wan<icr5 by."