[1656]
Commonwealth in England. Dutch war with Portugal continues. February, Spain declares war on England. September 5, Anglo-French treaty of friendship.
Background
4/3 ... beams from the forest brought to be used for the proposed jetty*....
28, 29/4 ... palisades for the Company's garden*....
17/5 ... At the ronde bossjen, about 2 miles* southwards from here behind the Table Mountain, about ¼ morgen* of land was ploughed and sown with wheat, rice and oats ... to see if they would definitely suffer less there from the strong winds....
18/5 ... wife of the Company's chief gardener ... allowed to keep a tavern to provide men from the passing ships with refreshment and lodging....
17/6 ... resolved to fix the following rewards*: for catching or shooting a lion 6 reals* of eight, a tiger or wolf 4, and a leopard 3.... [First payment 23/7: amounts repeatedly modified later.]
3-5/7 ... at least 300 young lemon and apple trees [brought from Saint Helena]....
21/9 ... arrived towards evening the Princes Royael ... had left on May 31 ... 356 men on board ... no deaths, but some were suffering from scurvy....
30/9 ... Princesse Royael sent their longboat under sail to the land for refreshments, which capsized because of a violent storm, so that they also sent their second skiff* thither ... [Mistranslated in English edition of the Daghregister.]
1/10, 2/10 ... all in the boat had been saved except for three men, but the boat lost ... recovered on this side of the Robben Island ... no damage but the loss of a leeboard ...
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