text_original: From the middle of the seventeenth century down to the close of the eighteenth. Cape Colony was a dependency of the Dutch pAst India Company, being utilized by their ships as a port of call and by their sailors a.s a vegetable garden. In 1795 the United Provinces became a dependency of the French Republic, and to ' C/. Holland, Devonshire, i. 304 318. 1881] CAPE COLONY 473 save the Cape Colony from a similar fate it was occupied by a British force.
text_transcription: FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DOWN TO THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CAPE COLONY WAS A DEPENDENCY OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY BEING UTILIZED BY THEIR SHIPS AS A PORT OF CALL AND BY THEIR SAILORS AS A VEGETABLE GARDEN IN SEVENTEEN NINETY FIVE THE UNITED PROVINCES BECAME A DEPENDENCY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND TO SAVE THE CAPE COLONY FROM A SIMILAR FATE IT WAS OCCUPIED BY A BRITISH FORCE
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