11th February 1786

[11th February 1786]
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cougha over lange cloof (dit hiet so, dog moet niet met de andere by attaquas cloof geconfondeert worden)
en grasrug over, toen Sondags riv cloof, ook alleen diepe voren door die kalkaardige ronde ruggens, quamen by de wagen na vier uur rydens.
passeerden Sondags riv die goed te passeren was egter door donderweer regens weer liep, zynde als de anderen heel droog geweest door de sware droogtens van enige jaren na een door dit gansche land. na twe uren te paard arriveerden

11 goed weer dog warm agter middag weer donder dog het swaarste na coughas kant. en festonberg

term 80 ­ 98 ­ 90
wind westelyk.

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aan de Courney myn vorig pad.
dese plaats is aascoe of geelhoute boom in myn vorig journaal.
dog draayde nu meer regts af na zee
in myn vorige reis lag het hier vol Caffer cralen, dog die syn in de laatste oorlog verdreven tot over grote vis riviers mond.
Op de plaats van de veld commdt: daniel kuun die na de Caap was. lieten de wagen tot kwaggas valey ryden. drie uren z. o. t. o. van hier

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After crossing the Coega, the Lange Kloof (so-called but not to be confused with the other at Attaquaskloof), and a grassy ridge, and then the Sundays River kloof (also with only deep furrows because of the round calcareous ridges) we came up with the wagon after travelling for four hours.
We crossed Sundays River which was easy to cross although it was flowing again due to thunder storms, having been like the others dry owing to the severe droughts which have occurred throughout the whole land for several years. We arrived after riding for two hours

11 Good weather but hot
in the afternoon thunder again but heavier on the Coega side and Festoonberg.
Thermometer: 80-98-90.
Wind westerly.

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at De Koerneui, via my previous road, on the farm of Commandant Daniel Khun who was away at the Cape. (This farm is called Aascoe or Geelhoute Boom in my earlier
journal; but now I turned more towards the right, down to the sea. In my previous journal there were many kraals of the caffres; these have been driven beyond the mouth of the Great Fish River in the latest war.)
Ordered the wagon to travel on to Kwaggasvlei, three hours south-east by east from here.

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