Journals

Third Journey (MS 107/2)

26th December 1778


transcription

[26th December 1778]
26

vond by nel barom: 26 - 2 dus omtrent 300 voet gedaalt schoon weer ooste lugtje. term 70 ­ 95 ­ 80. seer warm bedomt in den agtermid. cours van Coetse tot hier en verder na de hantam n:w: t w.
brete

90 0
81 36
8 24
decl.
23 23
**31** **47**

19½ gr nw:

arriveerde na 1½ myl distantie over een grote rug opdragent by Jacob louw hartebeest fontein passeerde halverweg de kla[vervaley]

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[kla]vervaley.

translation

[26th December 1778]
26

The barometer at Nel’s showed 26 inches and­ 2 tenths; . thus we have descended about 300 feet. Fine weather; light easterly wind. Thermomete:r 70 - 75 - 80. Very hot and sultry in the afternoon. Course from Coetsee to here and further to the Hantam, north-west by west.
Latitude:

90 0
81 36
8 24
Declination
23 23
**31** **47**

Error 19½ degrees north west

Reached Jacob Louw at Hartebeestfontein after going uphill over a large ridge, a distance of one and a half miles. We passed

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Klavervlei halfway.