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CHAPTER VII
ECOMMENCING our journey northward, after clearing the busy railway yard, we have upon our right a wide spreading plain, with a lofty range of hills in the background. Fixing our eyes upon the predominating peak — the ZWAART- KOP — and then gazing over the well-wooded mountains in the background, we view the pleasant situation of the Botanical Gardens, to which the Pietermaritzburg electrical trams now run, the waterworks, and the beautiful town bush and Chase valley, which have been already mentioned. At the base of the hills is the suburban depot, VICTORIA STATION, and stretching to.wards us are the military parade, polo, and recreation grounds.
The Municipal Power Station and the Government Cold Storage premises are alongside the line, and the large brick buildings located some distance to the north-east are the railway engine sheds, beyond which the Greytown Branch runs. Our train is now toiling up the Town Hill, and to those who travel over the Natal main line for the first time this stretch of the journey is probably the most novel and interesting. From Pietermaritzburg to Hilton Road the line is nothing short of a zigzag mountain railway. The
Pietermaritzburg Railway Station