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DE PFQK- 



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Fid. 11. 

 42 cm. x 37 cm. 



DAY MAY ............ ? D. THE 23 



DEP FOR SURRAT THE ............. TUN it D 



XII III GEORGE PIKE MARC 



As to the better-preserved inscription, in which the name of 

 George Pike figures plainly, a person of this name was a Factor 

 of the Company. 



Stone VIII. 



The stone bears two inscriptions. (See next page.) 



The slab is deposited in the vestibule of the General Post Office, 

 Gape Town. The specimen on exhibition in the Museum is a cast 

 of the same. 



The London, a vessel of 800 tons, Captain Eichard Blyth, with 

 the Jonas and the Lion, sailed from Surat, December 18, 1622, 

 anchored in " Saldania Bay, March 10, 1622-3; left again March 

 23rd, not 20 as inscribed, reaching the Downs, July 18, 1623." 



The second inscription would appear to be a Dutch one. 



This stone was found in 1897, when an excavation was being 



