Third Journey (MS 107/2)
2nd January 1779
transcription
[2nd January 1779]
2
peiling aan groen rivier in het bokkeveld
barom: 27 7.
by het begin van dit velt begint de grond schoon de basis klei. sanderig te worden de vlakke klippen by de plaats bros sanderig en enige kwarts keitjes.
brete
| 90 | 0 |
| brete 81 | 32 |
| 8 | 28 |
| z: dec | |
| 22 | 56 |
| 31 | 24 |
[miswijzing:] 19 gr. n:w:
[in margin:] weder hier enige kleine mierhopen.
peiling van de plaats van adriaan van zyl aan hantams z punt o:t:z: geeft onse cours tot hier w:t n. 7 myl. de plaats daar wy gisteren van zyn gekomen o z o geeft w:n:w:
schoon weer. z de koel lugje term: 65 82 70.
vertrokken na den middag na de plaats van Juffr ryk: die ik peilde in het n t w 2 g n:
rietfontein berg in het n ½ w een myl
noorder hoek van hantams berg in het oost ½ n: de toorn in ‘t oost 3 gr n.
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westewind na de middag.
de drooge somer agtermiddag. wind in dese streek west somtyds sterk sandig boven op.
van Groenrivier na mostert. 3½ uur rydens met ossen. peilde adriaan van Zyl in het o:z:o: Juffer ryk n:w: ½ n: roep niet berg z:o: t o: 3 gr z.
koebieskow berg daar capt Schonevelt (ďoeroep)
‘taan eiquaas of grasveld volk leggen n:o: t n 3 gr O: 5½ myl kaptein klaas (cannoep) is heer van konatoe of sogenaamde chinesen volk capt: vredevelt (groińam) Ćommaghaqua hartebeestrivier volk.
translation
[2nd January 1779]
2
Bearings from Groenrvier in the Bokke Veld.
Barometer 27inches 7 tenths.
At the beginning of this region the soil is sandy, though it has a clay base. The flat stones at the farm sandy and crumbly with some small quartz pebbles. Some small ant-hills again here.
Latitude
| 90 | 0 |
| 81 | 32 |
| 8 | 28 |
| South Declination | |
| 22 | 56 |
| 31 | 24 |
[Error:] 19 deg.; north west
Bearings from the farm of Adriaan van Zyl: to the south point of the Hantam, east by south, which makes our route to here seven miles north by west. The farm where we came from yesterday, east-south-east gives west-north-wes.t Fine weather.
Cool southerly breeze. Thermometer 65 degrees to 82 degrees to 70 degrees
Left in the afternoon for the farm of Mrs Ryk, which I plotted north by west, 2 degrees north. Rietfonteinberg in the north half west, one mile; the northernmost tip of the Hantamsberg is at east half north. The ‘tower’ at east 3 degrees north.
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West wind in the afternoon. The dry summer afternoon wind in these parts is westerly and sometimes strong. It is sandy on the heights. From Groen River to Mostert’s, three and a half hour’s journey with oxen. Took bearings: Adriaan van Zyl, in the east-south east; Mrs. Ryk, north-west half north; Roep-Niet mountain, south-east to east, 3 degrees south; Koebieskouwberg where chief Schoneveld (or Doeroep) lives with his Eiquaas or grassveld peoples is north-east to north, 3 degrees east, five and a half miles. Chief Klaas (or Cannoep) is lord of the Konatoe or so-called Chinese people. Chief Vredevelt (or Groinam) is of the Cammaga or Hartebeestrivier people