Fourth Journey (MS 107/3/1-2)
8th July 1779
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[8th July 1779]
8
term: 48 - 60 - 53.
opklarend weer, met enige stofregen buyen uit den n:w: iets z:o: met den avond,
arriveerde te paard langs ratelklip waar by de drie gebroeders berg soutpan waarin nu water, over herelogements berg, alwaar myn wagens vond uitgespannen by van zyl aan oliphants rivier na seven en een half uur rydens, alwaar myn reiscompagnon Pinar, burger van 't rodesand land vond, en de botanicus Heer Paterson, dewelke met eenen van Rhenen ook na de oranjes rivier wilde, sy reden eerst na het bokkevelt.
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[8th July 1779]
8
Thermometer: 48-60-53.
Weather clearing up with a few showers from the north west. Light south east wind towards evening.
Arrived on horseback via Ratelklip at the Driegebroedersberg salt-pan, in which there is currently water. Then across Herenlogements Berg where I found after seven-and a-half hours riding my wagons outspanned at Van Zyl’s on the Oliphants River. There I found my travelling companion Pienaar, a burger of Rodesand, and the botanist Mr Paterson, who also wants to go to the Orange River, with a certain Van Reenen. They are first riding to the Bokkeveld.