The road here turns off more to the eastward,
when it haa descended to the Tevel of the
I that margins the river, the town of Colenso
I in front of you. Since I was here before it
I much increased in size, but in no way dimi
hed in its attractive appearance. A broad
let, numerous fruit and shade trees, and square
white houses with wide verandahs, are its charac-
teristic features. At an hotel on the right hand
B of the road, distinguishable by its neatness
I well-regulated surroundings, I dismount, and
«r breakfast. The host, hitely an officer in
Bengal army, is civil and obliging, and not
fy promises to do the best he can for lue, but
umpanics me to the stables to see that ray
idrupeds have every attention paid to their
Qts. While lounging on the verandah, waiting
r the meal to be announced, the too-too-ing of
lom awakes the silent echoes, and soon after a
art dashes up, the horses reeking with foam,
Hy telling that the pace they have travelled
and the distance come has been fast and long.
On it there are no less than four warriors, return-
; home, then- corps, Colonial ones, having cora-
their term of service. The breakfast was
lonsequence delayed, and I had opportunities
ntering into conversation with these knights
he spur and sabre.
