great agricultural improvement, and is most bountifully supplied with springs and streams of extremely pure water, with a soil of inconceivable depth and clearness, all affording to the cultivator ample reward for his industry, and to the settlers a prodigious supply of vegetable and animal food, as well as poultry and fish. These are the internal advantages which Natal presents, and I feel confident that the most sceptical of my readers will think they are such as cannot well be surpassed.

'With respect to the interior productions of the Zoola country, which, since the settlement of the Europeans at Natal, have found their way to the latter place in barter, I must submit a few observations explanatory of their nature. The most important articles of commerce with the Zoolas and neighbouring tribes, are ivory, gold dust, gum arabic, gum copal, tortoise-shell, hides, pearls, coral, and marble: while the Longooie mountains are said to contain silver ore. But other articles might be abundantly produced, such as indigo, cotton, and silk. The soil and climate for the two former, and the mulberry plant, being highly congenial; and the strongest testimony adduced in favor of cultivating the indigo and cotton, is, that they now grow spontaneously and luxuriantly. An experiment has also been tried with the mulberry, and it grows prodigiously. In exchange then for these, the indigenous productions of the Zoola country, the manufactures of Great Britain are alone required. The market, or exchangeable commodities, are, printed and white cotton stuffs of inferior texture; woollen stuffs of inferior quality, beads of various colors, pewter, brass, tin, iron pots and kettles, earthenware, looking-glasses, checked shirts, policat, and imitation Madras handkerchiefs, with various other things. It will be seen, therefore, that a most important vent for British wares and merchandize, might with very little encouragement be advantageously introduced into the Zoola country, and be bartered for its indigenous productions." Such is the highly satisfactory account of the country by Mr. Isaacs, by residence made thoroughly acquainted with the subject.

An American missionary's travels in the Natal country were published at Boston in 1837, from which I make a few extracts.

"2nd January, 1836.-To-day our ten bullocks came, valued at forty-six rix dollars each, or £3.-Ten are accounted sufficient for a team in this country, though twelve or fourteen are the number in the Cape colony.

4th. We ascended the high ground which surrounds the harbor, and passing the station Berea, proceeded in a northerly direction towards a peculiarly-notched mountain in the distance, which joins a long table-land on the left. The country presented everywhere the most beautiful appearance. Everywhere the tall grass waved with the breeze. Yew trees, some of them very picturesque at a distance, met our view. Great variety was observed in the undulations of the ground, presenting every sort of hill and valley. In about five or six miles distance, we came upon the high ground which overlooks the Umgeni. This river flows from some distance in the interior to the sea, and at times is so flooded as to be impassable. We here crossed the river sixty feet wide, and three or four feet deep. At about three o'clock it was much cooler and pleasanter for travelling. Our bullocks took us forward at the rate of three miles an hour, through an interesting country. Patches of mimosa bush were quite frequent. The aspect of the country was continually varying. The grass in some parts had grown very much to weeds. The country is evidently capable of supporting a great many people, and once, doubtless, did contain a great population; but the love of war, and selfaggrandizement, have left a vast region around Natal desolate. The milk tree was very frequent to-day. It has leafless shoots and branches very brittle, of

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