Journals

Second Journey (MS 107/1/1-2)

29th January 1778


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[29th January 1778]
29

goed weer n:w: wind dog warm.
het vel en beenderen gearriveerd zynde ging aan het inzouten en drogen. tegen den avond wat donder lugt in het n:w: met wat regen. de hyaena had gepasseerde nagt sterk omtrent het vel gehuild.  

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[29th January 1778]
29

Good weather, though hot; north-west wind. When the skin and bones had arrived we went on with the salting and drying. A somewhat thundery sky in the north-west towards evening with some rain. Hyena howled loudly around the skin last night.