MOSSEL

BAY  , the name of a bay, town and division of the Cape province, South Africa . The bay lies midway between Table Bay (Cape Town) and Port Elizabeth roadstead . Like most of the South African bays it does not afford good anchorage . Westward, however, it is sheltered by Cape St Blaize, on which is a lighthouse . The town lies on the west side of the bay, Cape St Blaize stretching beyond to the S.E . Mossel Bay is 250 M. by sea and 312 M. by rail E. by S. of Cape Town . Pop . (1904), 4500 . The port ranks fourth in importance among the seaports of the Cape and does a large forwarding trade . Vessels load and discharge by means of lighters . Mossel Bay is a station on the direct Cape Town–Port Elizabeth railway . The Mossel Bay division of the province has an area of 707 sq. m., and a population (1904) of 10,700, of whom 49 % were whites .