Fourth Journey (MS 107/3/1-2)
7th January 1780
transcription
[7th January 1780]
7
schoon weer. warm z:o: middag z:w: zee wind.
na een uur reden wy door de droge ate rivier die van west coebe troetroe en bidouw komt. en na vyf uren reden wy by van zyl door oliphants rivier die seer laag vonden.
translation
[7th January 1780]
7
Fine weather. Hot south-east wind. At noon the south-west sea-wind.
After an hour we rode through the dry Ate River, which comes from the west, from Koebee, Troetroe and Bidouw; and after five hours we rode past Van Zyl’s through the Oliphants River, which we found very low.