Third Journey (MS 107/2)
17th January 1779
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[17th January 1779]
17
goed weer de z:w: kwam om elf uur. term 68 88 73.
vertrokken door een oostelyke draay de valey op en arriveerden na vier uren rydens aan Swartbaas kraal veeplaats van enen villier waarop enige hottentot. alles swaar sand duinveld.
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[17th January 1779]
17
Fine weather. The south-west wind came up at eleven o’clock. Thermomete:r 68 - 88 - 73.
Left with an eastward turn through the vlei and arrived at Swartbaaskraal after a four hours' ride. This is the stock farm of a man called [De] Villiers, on which there are some Hottentots. Everywhere heavy sand, dune country.