writersgive any description of the architecture of theplace. Sparrmann, the naturalist, mentions thelittle weevils (colandra) which are still so trouble-some amongst the vines, and were caught, afew years ago, and may be still, by curious little 62 SIMON VAN DER STEL nests of leaves placed at the… … WINE-HOUSE STEPS, GROOT CONSTANTIA. taste of the habitations of the day. So it ispossible that the old Constantia had at thattime fallen into bad repair. In his day theCompany only drew a third of the wine pro-duced on the farms, at a special price, and therest was sold to ordinary merchants. A…
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