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Old Cape Colony; a chronicle of her men and houses from 1652-1806 (1903)

Trotter, Alys Fane (Keatinge), Mrs · Westminster : A. Constable & co., ltd. · leaf 170

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oed,it may have been, set amongst mellow old build-ings, with near by one of the quiet little grave-yards which are so strange and touching to the 160 EARLY GRANTS OF LAND European, but which are a matter of course ina lonely, far-off place. Or maybe Vergenoegd(close to the house of Meerlust),… … VERGENOEGD. winds that sweep over the plain. There is acharming archway to the stables here; and indeedeach of the houses have some special variation ofthe usual scheme, which makes it delightful tothe eye. Gateways specially form a feature inthis simple architecture. They are built forthe pure joy…

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