; with two Europeans, a horse,and a slave, to assist him. The Landdrost wasgiven a good many powers, and might imposetaxes on the inhabitants and compel the burghersto supply wagons, cattle, slaves, or their ownpersonal labour for public purposes. A millwas also to be built to grind corn. Then it… … A VINE TRELLISED STOEP, STELLENBOSCH. So developed the little town which was tofigure so largely in the history of the van derStels. Many fires have devastated the place andit is difficult to know when the finer houseswere begun. But Kolbe, the traveller, at quite 171 OLD CAPE COLONY an early date…
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