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 officerof the Scotch regiment who had served in theNetherlands under Colonel Dundas. He had 286 THE… … ELSENBERG. 287 MEN AND HOUSES XIIMen and Houses WHEN I look at the neat portrait of CaptainCook, with his satin waistcoat, high stock,and laced coat and hat, I wonder how they lastedduring his hairbreadth adventures in all quartersof the globe. I have always thought the clothesof the eighteenth…
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