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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 297

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descendantsare still alive, was saved by his nurse, who hid himin the large brick bread oven. The murdererswere caught and killed, their heads exposedin the horrible old fashion. The word kop, 285 OLD CAPE COLONY meaning both cup and head, was mis-translated into EngHsh whilst the story… … GATE OF WELGELEGEN, MOWBRAY. the Zeekoe River, Governor van Plettenberg setup a beacon. A second he placed at PlettenbergBay. About the same time Orange River wasnamed by Colonel Gordon in honour of the Houseof Orange. Gordon is a mysterious enoughfigure, perhaps a Jacobite, for he was an old…

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