in Indonesia and as result of it, complication of relations with England, whose port on St. Elena's island Dutches used as a storage terminal and vacation spot of crews of the courts plying between Indonesia and Europe, possibilities for the basis of own base on this route have forced Dutches to search for Strengthening of positions. The case has helped.

The Dutch vessel was wrecked at cape of Kind Hope, and seamen have been compelled to locate for some time in expectation of the help at coast of Southern Africa which were under the control of Portugueses. Their vessels appeared here for a long time, since times of known swimming of Vasco da Gama. Portugueses, however, were rather afraid of the aggressive African tribes living in these edges. The sailors of the Dutch vessel who has returned home, have convinced management of the East Indian company that all occurring cock-and-bull stories about natives who quite often considered blood-thirsty kannibalami, - not that other, as fiction. In the report of seamen there are such words: В" Really, they have killed some soldier and seamen... However we are assured, as our Dutch peasants hardly would conduct themselves differently if newcomers destroyed or stole their cattle. Natives daily did business us and were friendly; they voluntary drove to us the bulls and sheep. And when to coast has stuck В"the Hereditary princessВ" with 80 or 100 seriously ill patients on a board (this vessel and has rescued seamen, cast-away), we could give to them enough meat and birds. Almost all patients have soon recovered. With the reasonable, sensible commandant who politely would address with these gottentotami, it is fair with them paid off and would give them from time to time a handful bobon or peas (for them it is a delicacy), we could to be afraid of them В".

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