the sea are in general precipitous; on their inner face they
slope more or less gently to the plateau. The culminating points of the
range, and the highest lands in South Africa, are found in a sharp bend
from S.E. to N.W. in about 29 deg. S. 29 deg. E., where "the Berg" (as
the range is called locally) forms the frontier between Natal and
Basutoland. Within 60 m. of one another are three mountains, Giant's
Castle, Champagne Castle or Cathkin Peak, and Mont aux Sources, 10,000
to 11,000 or more ft. above the sea. From Mont aux Sources the normal
N.E. direction of the range is resumed. Conspicuous among the heights
along the Orange Free State, Transvaal and Natal frontiers are Tintwa,
Malani, Inkwelo and Amajuba or Majuba (q.v.), all between 7000 and 8000
ft. The Draken's Berg--the particular hill from which the range is
named--is 5682 ft. high and lies between Malani and Inkwelo heights. It
was so named by the _voortrekkers_ about 1840. North of Majuba the range
enters the Transvaal. Here the elevation is generally lower than in the
south, but the Mauch Berg is about 8500 ft. high. At its northernmost
point the range joins the Zoutpansberg. In their southern part the
Drakensberg form the parting between the rivers draining west to the
Atlantic and those flowing south and east to the Indian Ocean. At Mont
aux Sources rise the chief headwaters of the Orange, Tugela and other
rivers. In the north, however, several streams rising in the interior
plateau, e.g. the Komati, the Crocodile and the Olifants, pierce the
Drakensberg and reach the Indian Ocean. The range has numerous passes,
many available for wheeled traffic. Van Reenen's Pass, between Tintwa
and Malani, is crossed by a railway which connects the Orange Free State
and Natal: Laing's Nek, the main pass leading from Natal to the
Transvaal, which lies under the shadow of Majuba, is pierced by a
railway tunnel. The railway from Delagoa Bay to Pretoria crosses the
Drakensberg by a very steep gradient. Several subsidiary ranges branch
off from the main chain of the Berg. This is especially the case in
Natal, where one range is known as the Little Drakensberg. (See further
BASUTOLAND; NATAL And TRANSVAAL.)

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applied to those productions of Art which imitate or, to use a more
modern term, "represent" action by introducing the personages taking
part in them as real, and as employed in the action it