Close by was a charming villa inhabited for the nonce by General Brabazon, Lord Dudley, Mr.John Ward, and Captain W.Bagot.

The surroundings of these dwellings were exceedingly pretty, with shady trees, many streams, and a background of high hills crowned by forts, which latter were just visible to the naked eye.

From Sunny Side we were conducted over some of these fortifications: there was Schantz's Kop Fort, of very recent construction, and looking to the uninitiated of tremendous strength, with roomy bomb-proof shelters.

Here a corner of one of the massive entrance pillars had been sharply severed off by a British lyddite shell.

Later we inspected Kapper Kop Fort, the highest of all, where two British howitzer guns, firing a 280-pound shell, had found a resting-place.