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4th January 1786

Equus zebra (Mountain zebra)

[In lower margin, hand G:] Zebra or Cape wild horse. [scale of 4 foot 6 inches, Rhinelands]

Massonia depressa Houtt

[Hand S2: ] Massonia Lattifolia

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[11th November 1777] The 11th It blew strongly from the north-west all night with showers of rain and some thunder and …

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Precis of the letter to Hendrik Fagel, 24th April 1779

Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena)

[In upper margin, hand G:] Male hyena, called tiger-wolf at the Cape. The Cape, 1 July 1777. R.J. Gordon. Drawn lying af…

23rd November 1779

[23rd November 1779] 23 The same weather and wind but very clear and hot. [page 29] Got through this stony defile with…

26th December 1778

[26th December 1778] 26 The barometer at Nel’s showed 26 inches and­ 2 tenths; . thus we have descended about 300 feet.…

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Robert Jacob Gordon at the kraal of the Khoisan leaders Gronjam and Doroep, with an ox being slaughtered as a peace ritual

[In lower margin, hand G:] View of the land on the 31st degree latitude south, and 2 degrees longitude east from Cape To…

View of the Vuilkop and the Perdeberd in Camdebo seen from the south east

[within image, hand Sch:] Springbuck Hartebeest t.

22nd January 1786

Third Journey

[The journal of R.J. Gordon’s 3rd Journey, from 28th August 1778 to 25th January 1779, Brenthurst Library, MS 107/2] [T…

2nd January 1779

[2nd January 1779] 2 Bearings from Groenrvier in the Bokke Veld. Barometer 27inches ­ 7 tenths. At the beginning of th…