Fourth Journey (MS 107/3/1-2)
2nd January 1780
transcription
[2nd January 1780]
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het rijpt sterk in desen oord door de nabyheid der kamies berg
schoon weer z:o: lugt in den agter middag z: west.
dit is de regerende middag wind langs dese hele kust
s'morgens siet men meest een damp op zee leggen dan is het of wat z:o: of stil. dog so als de son de zeedamp optrek begind er zeekoelte te komen, die fors toeneemt en dikwils tot laat in den nagt waayt, anders even na sonsondergang gaat leggen.
vertrokken z:o: op enige ros sand hoogtens over en arriveerden na 9 uur ossewagen rydens aan de brak fontein. slegt water. meest carosand en bosjes terrein.
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twe uren bezuiden groene riv: mond loopt als het regent oliphants drif in.
translation
[2nd January 1780]
2
Fine weather. Breeze from the south-east; from the south-west in the afternoon. This is the prevailing afternoon wind along the entire coast. In the morning there is generally a haze over the sea while the wind either comes from the south-east or is calm; but as soon as the sun draws up the haze from the sea, a cool sea breeze begins which gathers force and often blows till late at night. Otherwise it dies down just after sunset.
Departed south-east over some reddish-brown sandy hills and after travelling with the ox-wagons for nine hours arrived at Brakfontein. Bad water. Mostly Karoo sand and bushy terrain.
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Two hours to the south of the Groen River mouth the Oliphantsdrift River runs into the sea when it rains.