e often against theircommon enemies. But the Dutch first formedfactories and settlements; and soon Batavia, Queen of the East, with her tile-paved streetsand the water ways, whose unhealthiness causedat last the abandonment of the beautiful old 19 OLD CAPE COLONY town, and the great and merry… … EAST INDIA companys HOUSE, AMSTERDAM. (From Commelins Beschryving der stad Amsterdam, 1693.) pulous trader of the Netherlands. The tomb-stones of these distant settlements, where menand women died young, are interesting andpathetic reading, and record many names familiarat the Cape; whilst at home…
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