29th December 1785

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vond de brete van dese plaats 32 gr ­ 8 m:. ­ 22 sec.
miswys: 23 g n.w.
peilde alles af en vergaarde de differente soorten klippen.

in den avond kwam myn Ordonance Jansen met de paarden te rug, dat my veel plaisier deed, also ik om hem niet kon wagten en dus sonder paarden de caro in had moeten trekken

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seer heet
wind s’nagts sterk oost van de donderwolken door de poort waardoor de rivier afloopt, die loopt altoos tot op een uur verder dog staat dan met kuilen, uit genomen in regensaisoen, hoorde enige donder van verre dog de wind sig verwattende als de vorige dagen met de son om so bleev het in en agter de caro daar wy doormoeten

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Found the latitude of this farm to be 32 degrees 8 minutes 22 seconds Error: 23 degrees north-west
Took bearings on everything and collected the different kinds of stones.
My orderly Jansen came back in the evening with the horses., which gave me much pleasure as I couldn’t have waited for him and would thus have had to go into the Karoo without horses.

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Great heat.
A strong east wind during the night coming from the thunder clouds beyond the defile through which the river runs. It flows at all times up to about an hour’s distance but then stands in pools except for the rainy season. Heard far-off thunder but, as on previous days, the wind got up and followed the course of the sun so that it stayed in and behind the Karoo, which we have to cross.