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been upgraded and the ford eliminated. In the foreground the pole-constructed boat shed, also visible in
colour view of c. 1860 was done. A comparison between the two is of interest. The houses on the Point
Fig. 3.19: Kalk Bay looking south (c. 1885, J 7968). The same scene but from a viewpoint on the other
correspond closely, but the coastal road – an important thoroughfare to Simon’s Town, after all! – has
side of the little cove, looking towards Simon’s Town – almost exactly the spot from which the water-

house on the right is also new. the previous view, and another one that did not yet exist at the time of the watercolour. The iron-roofed