Second Journey (MS 107/1/1-2)
3rd February 1778
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[3rd February 1778]
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door den dag z:o: dog zeer heet
stil, zynde de mist aan het opklaren, zeer heet.
vertrok strand langs na de plaats van Jacob Cok aan de voornoemde zeekoei rivier. moest het zeekoei vel by Cok laten om dat het nog niet droog was, gaande de opperhuid, zo als altoos, met hele lappen af.
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[page 36]
[3rd February 1778]
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South-east wind all day, but very hot. Calm, and as the mist is dispersing, very hot. Departed along the beach to Jacob Kok's farm on the aforementioned Zeekoei River. Have had to leave the hippopotamus hide at Kok's because it is still not dry. As always, whole pieces of the upper skin are peeling off.