[Within border of the upper view, hand Sch:]
Berg Rivier, Plaats van M Melk, van de Oost Zyde gesien
[within border of the lower view]
van de West Zyde gesien.
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[Within border of the upper view, hand Sch:]
Berg Rivier, farm of M. Melk, seen from the east.
[within border of the lower view]
Seen from the west.
Scrub.
Gordon is known to have visited Berg River farm on his first trip to the Cape in 1773, and may well have visited it the area on other occasions before his 1785 journey. The farm has remained in unbroken ownership of the Melck family.