Seasons, the: from 1698 to 1705 are unfavourable for farming, [204]
Sheep’s wool: efforts to produce in South Africa in the beginning of the eighteenth century, [203]
Silk: experiment in the production of, [204]
Slaves: are being introduced from Madagascar and Mozambique, [205]
Spoelstra’s Bouwstoffen voor de Geschiedenis der Nederduitsch-Gereformeerde Kerken in Zuid Afrika: reference to, [217]
van Staden, Martin: treatment of by Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel, [230]
Starrenburg, Jan, landdrost of Stellenbosch: conduct of, [224]; by order of the directors he is dismissed from office and sent out of the colony, [243]
van der Stel, Adriaan: in 1623 goes to India in the service of the Dutch East India Company, [171]; in 1638 becomes commander of the island of Mauritius, ib.; becomes next a military commander, and in that capacity is sent to Ceylon, [172]; on the 19th of May 1646 falls in battle with a Cingalese army, when nearly his whole force is destroyed, [173]
Synoptical Index.
van der Stel, Frans, farmer at the Cape and younger brother of the governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel: makes himself greatly disliked by the burghers, [217]; is required by the directors to leave the colony, and in April 1708 embarks for Europe, [248]