See also:

• SIMONIDES (or SEMONIDES) OF AMORGOS

SIMONIDES OF See also:

• CEOS (Gr. Kiws, mod. Zea or Tzia)

CEOS (c. 556-469 B.C.)  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek lyric poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Iulis in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• CEOS (Gr. Kiws, mod. Zea or Tzia)

Ceos . During his youth he taught See also:

• POETRY

poetry and See also:

• MUSIC

music in his native island, and composed paeans for the festivals of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo . Finding little See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope for his abilities at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, he went to live at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• HIPPARCHUS (fl. 146-126 B.c.)

Hipparchus, the See also:

• PATRON

patron of literature . After the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Hipparchus (514), See also:

• SIMONIDES (or SEMONIDES) OF AMORGOS

Simonides withdrew to See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly, where he enjoyed the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection and patronage of the Scopadae and Aleuadae (two celebrated Thessalian families) . An interesting See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is told of the termination of his relations with the Scopadae . On a certain occasion he was reproached by See also:

• SCOPAS

Scopas for having allotted too much space to the Dioscuri in an See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode celebrating the victory of his patron in a See also:

• CHARIOT (derived from an O. Fr. word, formed from char, a car)

chariot-See also:

• RACE

race . Scopas refused topay all the See also:

• FEE

fee and told Simonides to apply to the Dioscuri for the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder . The incident took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at a banquet . Shortly afterwards, Simonides was told that two See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young men wished to speak to him; after he had See also:

• LEFT

left the banqueting See also:

• ROOM

room, the roof See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in and crushed Scopas and his guests (See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, De oratore, ii . 86) . There seems no doubt that some disaster overtook the Scopadae, which resulted in the extinction of the See also:

• FAMILY

family . After the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• MARATHON

Marathon Simonides returned to Athens, but soon left for See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily at the invitation of See also:

• HIERO (strictly HIERON)

Hiero, at whose court he spent the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life .

His reputation as a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of learning is shown by the tradition that he introduced the distinction between the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short vowels (e, ,l, o, w), afterwards adopted in the Ionic See also:

• ALPHABET (see also WRITING)

alphabet which came into See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use during the archonship of Eucleides (403) . He was also the inventor of a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• MNEMONICS (from Gr. /IvaoBat, remember; whence ,uvijswv, mindful; Td jsvnsovuKdv, Sc. r xvrlsa, that which mechanically aids the memory)

mnemonics (See also:

• QUINTILIAN [MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIANUS] (C. A.D. 35-95)

Quintilian xi . 2, II) . So unbounded was his popularity that he was a See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power even in the See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• WORLD

world; we are told that he reconciled Thero and Hiero on the See also:

• EVE

eve of a battle between their opposing armies . He was the intimate friend of Themistodes and See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias the Spartan, and his poems on the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of liberation against See also:

• PERSIA

Persia no doubt gave a powerful impulse to the See also:

• NATIONAL

national patriotism . For his poems he could command almost any See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price: later writers, from See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes onwards, accuse him of avarice, probably not without some See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason . To Hiero's See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen, who asked him whether it was better to be born See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich or a See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, he replied " Rich, for genius is ever found at the See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates of the rich." Again, when someone asked him to write a laudatory poem for which he offered profuse thanks, but no See also:

• MONEY

money, Simonides replied that he kept two coffers, one for thanks, the. other for money; that, when he opened them, he found the former empty and useless, and the latter full . Of his poetry we possess two or three short elegies (Fr . 85 seems from its See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and versification to belong to Simonides of Amorgos, or at least not to be the See also:

• WORK

work of our poet), several epigrams and about ninety fragments of lyric poetry . The epigrams written in the usual See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect of See also:

• ELEGY

elegy, Ionic with an epic colouring, were in-tended partly for public and partly for private monuments . There is strength and sublimity in the former, with a simplicity that is almost statuesque, and a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete mastery over the See also:

• RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, from bap, to flow)

rhythm and forms of elegiac expression . Those on the heroes of Marathon and See also:

• THERMOPYLAE (Gr. OepµSs, hot, and 1rf)X,

Thermopylae are the most celebrated .

In the private epigrams there is more warmth of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and feeling, but few of them rest on any better authority than that of the See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine See also:

• ANTHOLOGY

anthology . One interesting and undoubtedly genuine See also:

• EPIGRAM

epigram of this class is upon Archedice, the daughter of Hippias the Peisistratid, who, " albeit her See also:

• FATHER

father and See also:

• HUSBAND

husband and See also:

• BROTHER

brother and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children were all princes, was not lifted up in soul to See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride." The lyric fragments vary much in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and length : one is from a poem on Artemisium, celebrating those who fell at Thermopylae, with which he gained the victory over See also:

• AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus; another is an ode in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Scopas (commented on in See also:

• PLATO

Plato, See also:

• PROTAGORAS (c. 481-411 B.C.)

Protagoras, 339 b) ; the rest are from odes on victors in the See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games, hyporchemes, dirges, See also:

• HYMNS

hymns to the gods and other varieties . The poem on Thermopylae is reverent and See also:

• SUBLIME (Lat. sublimis, exalted)

sublime, breathing an exalted patriotism and a lofty national pride; the others are full of See also:

• TENDER

tender pathos and deep feeling, combined with a genial worldliness . For Simonides requires no See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of lofty unswerving rectitude . " It is hard," he says (Fr . 5), " to become a truly See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good man, perfect as a square in hands and feet and mind, fashioned without blame . Whosoever is See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad, and not too wicked, knowing See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, the benefactor of cities, is a See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound man . I for one will find no See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault with him, for the race of See also:

• FOOLS, FEAST OF (Lat. festum stultorum, fatuorum, follorum, Fr. fete des fous)

fools is See also:

• INFINITE (from Lat. in, not, finis, end or limit; cf. findere, to deave)

infinite . . . I praise and love all men who do no See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

sin willingly; but with See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity even the gods do not contend." Virtue, he tells us elsewhere in See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language that recalls See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod, is set on a high and difficult See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill (Fr . 58) ; let us seek after See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure, for " all things come to one dread Charybdis, both See also:

• GREAT

great virtues and See also:

• WEALTH

wealth " (Fr . 38) .

Yet Simomdes is far from being a hedonist; his morality, no less than his See also:

• ART

art, is pervaded by that virtue for which Ceos was renowned—awcbpoobv,1 or self-See also:

• RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

restraint . His most celebrated fragment is a See also:

• DIRGE

dirge, in which See also:

• DANAE

Danae, adrift with the See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant See also:

• PERSEUS

Perseus on the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in a dark and stormy See also:

• NIGHT

night, takes comfort from the peaceful slumber of her babe . Simonides here illustrates his own saying that '' poetry is vocal See also:

• PAINTING

painting, as painting is silent poetry." Of the many See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of this poem, one of the best is that by J . A . See also:

• SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)
• SYMONDS, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1818-1887)

Symonds in Studies on the Greek Poets . Fragments in T . See also:

• BERGK, THEODOR (1812—1881)

Bergk, Poetae lyrici Graeci; standard edition by F . G . See also:

• SCHNEIDEWIN, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1810—1856)

Schneidewin (1835) and of the See also:

• DANA, CHARLES ANDERSON (1819–'897)
• DANA, FRANCIS (1743-1811)
• DANA, JAMES DWIGHT (1813-1895)

Dana alone by H . L . See also:

• AHRENS, FRANZ HEINRICH LUDOLF (1809–1881)

Ahrens (1853) . Other authorities are given in the exhaustive See also:

• TREATISE

treatise of E .

Cesati, Simonide di Ceo (1882) ; see also W . See also:

• SCHROTER, JOHANN HIERONYMUS (1745-1816)

Schroter, De Simonidis See also:

• CES

Ces melici sermone (1906) . See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

SIMON'S See also:

• TOWN

TOWN, a See also:

• GOWN

gown and station of the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy in the Cape See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, in 340 15' S., 18° 30' E., on the shores of Simon's See also:

• BAY

Bay, an inlet on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of False Bay . It is 222 M . S. of Cape Town by See also:

• RAIL

rail and 17 M . N. of Cape Point (the Cape of Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope) . Apart from the See also:

• NAVAL

naval station the town (pop . 1904, 6642) is an educational and residential centre, enjoying an excellent See also:

• CLIMATE

climate with a mean minimum temperature of 57° and a mean maximum of 700 F . Owing to the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• MOZAMBIQUE [Sao Sebastiao de Mocambique]

Mozambique current the temperature of the See also:

• WATER

water in the bay is 1o' to 12° F. higher than that of Table Bay, hence Simon's Town and other places along the shores of False Bay are favourite bathing resorts . The naval See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment is the headquarters of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and Cape See also:

• SQUADRON

Squadron . In 190o the yard covered about 13 acres, exclusive of the victualling establishment and naval See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, and was provided with a small See also:

• CAMBER (derived through the Fr. from Lat. camera, vault)

camber, slipways for See also:

• TORPEDO

torpedo-boats and small vessels, together with various dockyard buildings, storehouses, See also:

• COAL

coal stores, &c., but had no dry See also:

• DOCK

dock or deep-water See also:

• WHARF

wharf . Under the Naval See also:

• WORKS

Works See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

Loan See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1899 £2,500,000 was provided for the construction of additional docks east of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original naval yard .

These works were begun in 1900 and completed in 1910 . They consist of a tidal See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin 28 acres in extent, with a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of 3o ft. at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-water See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring tides, enclosed by a See also:

• BREAKWATER

breakwater on the eastern and See also:

• NORTHERN

northern sides and a similar projecting See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm or See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier on the west . The entrance to the basin faces See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly, and is 300 ft. in width . South of the basin is a large reclaimed See also:

• AREA

area forming the site of the new dockyard . Opening from the basin is a dry dock, 75o ft. in length on blocks, with an entrance 95 ft. wide and having 3o ft. over the See also:

• SILL
• SILL (O.Eng. syl, Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and Dan. syld, and in German, as Schwelle; Skeat refers to the Teutonic root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a beam at a threshold; the L
• SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND (1841-1887)

sill at low-water spring tides . The See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone of the dry dock was laid in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1906 by the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• SELBORNE
• SELBORNE, ROUNDELL PALMER, 1ST EARL
• SELBORNE, WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE PALMER, 2ND EARL OF (18J9- )

Selborne, after whom it is named, and the dock was opened in November 1910 by the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• CONNAUGHT
• CONNAUGHT, ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT, DUKE OF (1850– )

Connaught . The Selborne dock can be subdivide& by an intermediate See also:

• CAISSON (from the Fr. caisse, the variant form " cassoon " being adapted from the Ital. casone)

caisson in such a manner as to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form two docks, respectively 400 it. and 32o ft. in length, or 47o ft. and 25o ft. in length on blocks, as may be required, or the full length of 75o ft. can be made available . The dockyard buildings include extensive shops for the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief engineer's and chief constructor's departments, the pumping-See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, working sheds, &c., while ample space is reserved for additional docks and buildings . Berthing See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation is provided in the basin alongside the wharf walls which surround it . The walls available for this purpose have a See also:

• TOTAL

total length of 2585 ft. lineal, are constructed of interlocked See also:

• CONCRETE
• CONCRETE (Lat. concretes, participle of concrescere, to grow together)

concrete See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block work, with an available depth of water of 3o ft. at low water, and are furnished with powerful shear-legs and See also:

• CRANES (so called from the resemblance to the long neck of the bird, cf. Gr. 'y pavor, Fr. grue)

cranes for the use of vessels alongside . Extensive sheds for the storage of coal are provided . The whole of the dockyard area (35 acres), including the enclosing breakwater and pier, was formed by reclamation from the sea; and the total area of the new works, including the tidal basin, is 63 acres .

False Bay, which corresponds on the south to Table Bay on the north side of Table See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

Mountain, is a spacious inlet which has an See also:

• AVERAGE

average depth of from 15 to 20 fathoms, and is completely sheltered on all sides except towards the south . Here a whole See also:

• FLEET

fleet of the largest vessels can ride at See also:

• ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor . Defensive works protect the entrance to the bay . Simon's Town See also:

• DATES

dates from the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, the town and bay being named after Simon See also:

• VAN

van der Stell, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the Cape in 1679-1699 . It was at Simon's Town that the first British landing in Cape See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony was made by General See also:

• SIR

Sir fames See also:

• CRAIG, JOHN (1512 ?-1600)
• CRAIG, SIR THOMAS (c. 1538–1608)

Craig in 1795 . About 1810 the bay was selected as the See also:

• BASE

base for the South See also:

• AFRICAN

African squadron, Table Bay being abandoned for that purpose in consequence of its exposed position .