19th December 1785

[19th December 1785]
Maandag den 19

ging langs den baviaans berg op de platteberg en peilde alles af; sagen vele bavianen. ons volk had in het lage water op het eind van de valeij 14 grote springers
sommigen van 2 voet lang met hagel geschoten dewelke seer vet en lekker waaren.

goed weer helder wind als voren
term 70 ­ 82 ­ 78
vond in de krantsen vele schulpen dog die duidelyk daar door de Strand bosjemans gebragt waren, egter vind men er ver in dit veld twe drie uur van zee, dog geen in de vaste stenen of klippen in vast.

[19th December 1785]
Monday the 19th

Went alongside the Baviaansberg and up the Platteberg and took bearings on everything. We saw many baboons. In shallow water at the end of the vlei our group shot 14 large springers with shotguns, some of them 2 foot long, which were fat and good to eat.

Good weather. Clear. Wind as before.
Thermometer: 70-82-78.
Found many shells in the cliffs but it is clear that these were brought by the Shore-Bushmen.
One finds them far into the interior, two or three hours from the sea, but none within hard rock or fixed into stones.