,for Mr. Hemming, the Secunde, was in residencethere, and the naturalist acted as tutor to hissons. The rest of his time at the Cape was largelyspent at Alphen, that beautiful old house between 278 THE TAVERN OF THE INDIAN OCEAN Wynberg and Constantia, where Hemming livedwhile not at Simonstown.… … STEPS AT ALPHEN, WYNBERG. or improved by a retired sailor of the Company,Captain de Waal, who placed two funny littleportrait busts of himself and his wife at thetop of the flight of steps. He is thought to havedesigned the steps, and to have laid out the gardenwith mathematical precision. 279 OLD…
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