Fourth Journey (MS 107/3/1-2)
28th November 1779
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oostelyk met den morgen dwarrelde om met son
fris west in den agtermiddag warm, donderweer in het oosten. kregen enige regendruppels s'nagts.
Slapende naast myn schuit, onder een swart ebbenhoute boom. synde alles uitgenomen myn schotse mantel by de wagen. zynde groot wonder dat met dus op de blote grond, nog vryraakt van slangen en schorpioenen.
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Easterly wind in the morning, veering round with the progress of the sun. Fresh west wind in the afternoon. Hot. Thundery weather in the east. We had a few drops of rain in the night.
Am sleeping next to my boat under a black ebony tree. Everything except my scotch cloak is at the wagon. It is a great wonder that one can sleep thus on the bare earth and still be free of snakes and scorpions.