Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon in South Africa: Sport and Travel in South AfricaAnderson, Andrew A.
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Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon in South Africa: Sport and Travel in South Africa
Anderson, Andrew A.
Africa, Southern -- Description and travel; Anderson, Andrew A. -- Travel -- Africa, Southern
South of Waterberg is the Rustenberg district, in which is situated the
towns of Zeerust and Rustenberg, with many villages. To the north of
the latter town is Pilansberg, where one of the upper branches of the
Limpopo rises, forming the Elands river. The Great Marico rises in the
Rustenberg district, on the central watershed at Doorm Kop, where there
is a lovely waterfall of some seventy feet, falling down a steep bank
into a deep kloof of most beautiful scenery. A few miles north of this
is Bray's lead-mine, which is very rich in silver, producing over fifty
pounds to the ton. The mine is situated about twenty miles to the
north-east of Lichtenberg, and about twenty-eight miles south-east of
Zeerust. The country is very pretty and picturesque, with many fine
fountains, beautiful grass-lands, and richly-wooded hills. Marico
district is one of the most valuable portions of the Transvaal, being
situated on the main transport roads to the interior from Cape Colony,
Orange Free State, Transvaal, and Natal; besides being rich in lead,
there is copper and gold, and any quantity of iron, oxide of iron, and
many-coloured ochres.
The town of Zeerust, which is in the Marico district, is very pleasantly
situated on the Little Marico river, on the south side of a pretty range
of hills, close to a picturesque poort, through which the Little Marico
runs to Great Marico, and where I have had many pleasant days' sport in
fishing and shooting, before Zeerust town was ever built. The first
bricks were laid in the erection of an extensive laager by the Boers in
1865, and the town was commenced in 1868. It is now a considerable
commercial centre, with many good stores. The rapid increase of the
town after British annexation, and the extensive trade carried on by the
English traders with the interior, made the town one of great importance
to the Transvaal. Since, the retrocession nearly every store is closed,
and the town is comparatively deserted. The last lion shot in this
district was in the above-named poort in 1869. Eighteen miles to the
north-west of Zeerust is the large Kaffir station, Rinokano, and a
mission station under the Rev. Mr. Jansen, pleasantly situated at the
head of the Notuane river, between long ranges of hills that run at the
back of Zeerust.
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