Chapter 14: 146-157
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blessing each with a Pistole... "spend it wisely. Prudently invested, it could provide you a tidy Fund"
Reference to the Parable of the Gold Coins found in Matthew 25:14-30.
"Our idea, actually... is for one of us to run away and pretend to lead a Wastrel's Life, whilst the other applies himself diligently to the Law,-"
Reference to the Parable of the Prodigal Son found in Luke 15:11-32.
Frikkadel
A traditional Afrikaner dish comprising usually baked, but sometimes deep-fried, meatballs prepared with onion, bread, eggs, vinegar and spices.
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Soupkie
A soupkie is a glass for drinking gin.
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...the cell at Fort William, Calcutta
Quoted from Wikipedia, The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon where troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, held British prisoners of war after the capture of Fort William on June 20, 1756. John Zephaniah Holwell claimed that following the fall of the Fort, British and Anglo-Indian soldiers and civilians were held overnight in conditions so cramped that a large proportion of those held died from suffocation, heat exhaustion and crushing. He claimed that 123 prisoners died out of 146 prisoners held.
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Jacob [Le Maire]
Dutch mariner, who circumnavigated the earth in 1615-16. The strait between Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados was named the Le Maire Strait in his honor. See WIKI.
Isaac [Le Maire]
Merchant for the VOC, and later for the Australian Company. He has been known for his continuous fight with the VOC, which eventually led to the discovery of Cape Horn. See WIKI.
