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fishing settlement. A fisherman by the name of Lime Simon van der Stel wrote in his journal "The fish which His Honour caught were because of their rare, beautiful colours, and were found to be in incredible numbers. It was so easy to catch them that one could not quickly enough throw the hooks into the water in order to draw them up again." An estimated 80% of people currently living on Kalk Bay are descended from
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