24 Annals of the South African Museum. 



X. has three English inscriptions cut on a large slah 

 found built, topsy-turvy, in one of the outer walls of the Castle in 

 Capo Town, about ten feet above the glacis, and not far from the 

 main gateway. There seems to be little doubt that this stone was 

 lying close by, and was utilised for the original building of the 



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FIG. 14. 

 100 cm. x 86 cm. 



The first inscription reads : 



JOHN EGBERTS, COMMANDER OF THE LESSER JAMES ARRIVED THE 

 STH OF DECEMBER, DEPARTED THE 26TH, 1622. LOOK WITH THIS 



LINE FOR LETERES. 



The second is as follows : 



JAMES BURGES MASTER OF THE ABIGAIL ARRIVED THE 1?TH J 

 DEPARTED THE 26TH OF DECEMBER. 



Castle, which was begun in 1666 and completed in 1679. Doubt- 

 less the stone bearing Hippon's inscriptions of 1605 and 1607, also 

 built in the walls, was likewise found close by and utilised for the 

 same purpose. 



