. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . T HE DRAKENSBERG Thf. Roof of Afrit a CHAPTER XV Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Natures peace will flow into youas sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness on the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like Autumn leaves. —John UROPE has its Switzerland, famed throughout the worldfor the splendour of its mountain scenery. For varietyand charm, as well as accessibility, it has well-groundedclaims to the title of a prince of play-grounds. Butthough the scenery is unchan
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . T HE DRAKENSBERG Thf. Roof of Afrit a CHAPTER XV Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Natures peace will flow into youas sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness on the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like Autumn leaves. —John UROPE has its Switzerland, famed throughout the worldfor the splendour of its mountain scenery. For varietyand charm, as well as accessibility, it has well-groundedclaims to the title of a prince of play-grounds. Butthough the scenery is unchangingly beautiful and thefamiliar Alpine monarchs retain a ceaseless fascinationfor the mountaineer, yet at this date the charm ofnovelty and newness for many Alpine tourists has wornoff. In like manner. America and Canada, while stillcomparatively new countries have matured so rapidlythat climbers among the Rocky Mountains have longsince made what the mountaineers soul craves for—the chief joy of the climbers ambition, a first ascent—an event of past history. It is here that the Drakens-berg range, particularly that portion known as theMount aux Sources group, makes its challenge to alllovers of nature in her grandest and most sublime moods. Tourists and mountaineers canno longer be satisfied with repeated ascents of the well-trodden peaks o
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