Quathlamba

Kondwana and his men reached the mountain range which is a continuation of the great Quathlamba or Drakensberg chain, and saw great frowning precipices rise over steep slopes covered with dense forest.

Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories 1899

It was as Mami had said, very strong, a kind of tableland ringed round with precipices that could only be climbed through a single narrow nek, and overshadowed by the great Quathlamba range.

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Well, after Moselikatse's Zulus were finally defeated the question arose whether we should proceed to Zoutpansberg and settle there, or follow our brethren who in large numbers had already crossed the Quathlamba

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

For a while she crept on round the flank of the mountain, then at the best of her speed she struck across the plain straight for the saw-edged rock ten miles away, which marked the entrance to the pass over the Quathlamba range.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Kaffir from beyond the mountains, who told him that a party of white men with women and children had crossed the Quathlamba range by what is now known as Bezuidenhout's Pass, and were camped near the Tugela River.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

But she sent for Zinti, and bade him cross the Quathlamba by a little-used pass that was known to her near the place where the Tugela takes its rise, and which to-day is called Mont aux Sources, and following the river down, to find out whether or no it was true that white men were encamped upon its banks.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

You must go with her, but not too near her, and cross the plain, meeting her by the saw-edged rock which stands yonder at the mouth of the gorge in the Quathlamba mountains.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

The other fact arises from the proximity to the east coast of the great Quathlamba chain of mountains.

Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880

Two hundred miles north-north-east of Basutoland the great Quathlamba

Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880

Toward the base of the great Quathlamba or Drakensberg Range, far to the west of the main line of railway, there is some very grand scenery, for the mountains which on the edge of Basutoland rise to a height of 10,000 feet break down toward Natal in tremendous precipices.

Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880