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Preface Ing Obscure Persons Who Have Been Connected with the Old PREFACE ing o bscure persons who have been connected the the nee with old story of the Colony . To pio rs of a new country we after-comers owe too much to ll a ow their names to be entirely lost . Very little could I have done without the help e me Leibbrandt n giv n by Mr . H . C . V . , Libraria of the Houses of Parliament and keeper of the e e archives of the Cape of Good Hope . With n v r failing kindness he specially translated for me certain passages o f the archives and papers about e e e e e which I ask d him , and his sh af of l tt rs hav ee e e e e e e t his b n my most valuabl r f r nc , n x to fascinating Précis o/ the A rchives of the Cape of Good H o e li e e n . e p , pub sh d at Cap Tow I hav to thank the friends wh o helped m e translate the old Dutch title deeds and got for m e local information e and stori s . Antiquar ian and historica l autho rities l e ee k in Ho land hav also b n most ind . A LYS FANE TROTTER . A u ust 1 0 . g , 9 3 LIST O F C ON T ENT S A N D ILLU STRA TION S PAG E I . TABLE BAY SETTLEMENT The ship sign o f the Dutc h Eas t India Co m an c arved o n a stone in Th e Castle Ca e p y, , p — Town Post Office sto ne East India Co m ’ ’ an s house Ams erdam—Co m an s drin p y , t p y k — — ing cup Van Riebeeck and his wife Very — o ld ho use in Cape Town Old Rustenberg summer house—G arden seat Rustenber , g Ta le Ba and the Old For a ter Da er b y t, f pp , 1668 . IM VAN DE EL BUIL ER V R R II . S ON R ST AN GO E NO , D D — Coat of Arms of the Six family View o f the Castle showin the Kat and the alco n , g b y Tea Fanli ht o nce in The Cas le—Van Rhee k g , t de to t Dra enstein Heer v an M drecht—G roo t k , y Constan ia 1 68 —l o f Groo Co nstantia t , 5 t Escutcheons : G roo t Co nstantia and Ho ttento ts Holl and—S ide a les roo t Constantia g b , g — Wine house at Groot Co nstantia Wine house s e s G roo Constan ia—Old a h G ro o t Co n t p , t t b t , — stantia Map from th e Voyage de Siam des 9 CONTENTS PAG E ' Peres esmtes 1686 —Gatewa o f the Cas le j , y t , — Cape Town Platte Kloo f in the Tygerberg — Ver old arm uildin s Koo rnh00 . O ld y f b g , p is t i r s d r cts and mo dern o ad . II ER r EL I. THE YOUNc ER VAN D S . ellin o n—Farm ell G roo Cons an ia W gt b , t t t Farm ell Meerlus t Eerste Riv ier— Parel b , , Vall i e . I HE U ATION E ILLEM RIAAN VA N DER V . T ACC S O W A D SrE L — u a Meerlust, Eers te Riv ier Hen ho se t — Meerlust Plan o f Vergelegen fro m the Ac c usatio n Pic ture o f Vergelegen fro m the — De fenc e The o ld oc tago n wall at Vergel — — egen Vergelegen The farm bell at Vergel egen. EARLY GRANTS OF LAND — Zwaanswijk Usual plan o f house in the eninsula— alled riv er Elsen er —O ld ea p W , b g t k door at Paa rde Vallei—Fresc oed wall and ea doo red fire lace at Li er as—Meerlus t t k p b t , — Eerste Riv ier Vredenberg in the Moddergat Late a le o f Vreden er —Burial Place Wel g b b g , — moed Vergenoegd . VI . STELLENBOSCH — A gate in Stellenbosc h A v ine trellised stoe S ellen osc h—Shu er hin es Stellen p, t b tt g , ” osch and Dra enstein La G rati ude b k t , CONTENTS PAGE uil I O —Arsenal S ellen osch—Ver o ld b t 7 4 , t b y house in ellen osch A shad s ree St b y t t, VII. DRAKENSTEIN AND FRENCHHOEK Schoongezigt Good Hope Rho ne and — Lang uedoc Usual plan o f house in th e country — — — Bosch en Dal Bosch en Dal stoep Door — furniture at Drakenstein and the Cape Bien Donne fron a le Bien Donné—Po me , t g b granates at Frenchhoek Teak china cup — bo ard in a Drakenstein farm Dauphine — Boc henhouts Kloo f View across French hoe ro o e k f m La C tt . VIII. PAARL TULEAOE CERES AN BEYON , , D D — A quaint gable in Pearl Old colo nial chair o nce in Paarl Church—Paar] Church—The Par so na e Paarl The Drosdt Tul a h g , y, b g Roodezand Pass Tul a h Valle —Old Church , b g y , Tul a h— alls o f the Church ard Tul a h b g W y , b g I EY I RI X . ON SN PS AN C NA M , D ’ The Dutch East India Company s c o ins an c The sh ore that has seen so m y wre ks . FROM SEVE NTEEN HU N RE FOR FIFTY YEA R X . D D s 241 ’ — Sundial in the Company s Garden Co mm on Seal o f the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Co mpagnie — (United East India Company) Co at o f Arms I I CONTENTS PAGE o f o an Blesius Klastenber n er J g , Wy b g Zwaanswi k uil I I I -I — or ens er Ho t j , b t 7 7 M g t , tento ts Holland . I VE E E X . THE TA RN O TH INDIAN OCEAN Ca e Town Churc h rom a rin Old p , f p t Lu heran Parsona e—S e s at Al hen W n t g t p p , y — berg Haazendal in the Bottelary G ate o f the Slav e Enc losure Bosho —G a e o f Wel , f t l n r — e e e ow a Elsen ur . g g , M b y b g II MEN AN HOUSES X . D Late window in Cape Town- Old Colonial — made ch air Very Old Co lo nial-made Armo ire — - — Old Colonial bench in stink wood Ar “ mo ire in stink-wood and yell ow-wood — Bergv liet The Old G ate to Gov ernment House — and the Slav e Lodge beyo nd Stellenberg G ate — — Little Terrace at To kai Hall at Stellenberg a i T ilp ece . T ABLE BA Y SET T LEM EN T I Tabl e Bay Settlem ent t T is true hat at first sight Adderley Street , the main thoroughfare o f the old Tavern of the ” is o u . Indian Sea , as vulgar a street as y can find Yet I marvel to hear the town always suggested as a smelly, unattractive place in which the Visitor has o r , has not, found the friend or the information r r he wished for . Even Adde ley St eet is backed o by the imposing wall of Table M untain , and T HE I I 03 ! C E I D CO HPAN Y CA RV BD SH P S GN TH DUT H AST N IA , ON A S TO NE a s THE A E . s C STLE . CAP TOWN 15 Table Bay Settlement is t i t T true hat at first S ght Adderley S reet , the main thoroughfare of the old Tavern o f the ” u as is . Indian Sea, as v lgar a street you can find Yet I marv el to hear the town always suggested c i i as a smelly , unattractive pla e in which the V s tor has, or has not , found the friend or the information he wished for . Even Adderley Street is backed by the imposing wall of Table Mountain , and P THE C H I IA OO HP A N Y R SHI SIGN OF DUT H AST ND . CA VED ON A ‘ ’ S IONR IN THE A E W . ~ C STL . CAPE TO N I 5 A A DE UERELLM U wi O P M RI n . VA N Rx n u Q , JOHAN sc x TABLE BAY SETTLEMENT brook their company . At last they returned ” fir me n home by the la de of Ethiopia, about a r S erance hund ed miles from the Cape of Bona p , ri 1 for and arrived in Ap l , 597, their sailors the i — most part s ck , and two thirds of the company lost ; but bringing with them spices and mer c ha ndise for of the East , which up to now they , the - middle men of Europe , had traded with the l - Portuguese ; bartering their De ft ware , their - embroidered quilts, and their silver handled fur niture , on the crowded quays of Lisbon .
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