ABSTRACT
From the first outspan the authors turned south-east along a fairly level road, over gently undulating hills, rising gradually till they reached Rademeyer’s, nine miles, five furlongs, 180 yards from town, and about 4,600 feet high. At night the authors reached the Tugela river; height, 1,461 feet, latitude 28.45.15. The drift was flooded, and utterly impassable but there is a flying ferry, and the charge is only 10s for a loaded wagon. Mr. Kogan, the punt master, was very civil and obliging’and the authors sent their food down to his house, and messed in common. The punt is worked with a hawser, stretched as taut as possible across the river, and supported by a ladder-like frame on each bank, to keep it high enough above the surface. The rest of the oxen which had been driven over the drift were brought and hooked on, and the wagon was drawn ashore.
