o doubt a wise con-cession to their jealous spirit. For his suggestionwas a bold one and quite outside the scheme ofthe Company. 168 STELLENBOSCH Lack of energy was no fault of the Commander,and the scheme was put into action at once—perhaps without permission. Land was givenfree to such of the… … A GATE IN STELLENBOSCH. a school was built. Theal gives several anec-dotes of the early life at Stellenbosch, and tellsus that the Company supplied the masons andnails for building the school, and the farmersgave the materials. The instruction consistedin learning to read the Bible, to count, to…
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