Second Journey (MS 107/1/1-2)
21st October 1777
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[page 26-27]
[21 October 1777]
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gingen op de bontebokke en wilde paarden (zebras) yagt dog kregen niets, zaagen enige bontebokken en zo genaamde hartebeesten. gingen by myn hotentot ene visite afleggen en vonden zyn vrouw misselyk en het gesigt geschildert.
[annotated on page 27:]
| hette smorg: om agt | s’middags 12 | s’avonds ses | en agt uur |
| 64 | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| Graden na farenheids thermometer |
oostelyk koel windtje mooy weer de lugt iets bewolkt.
translation
[pages 26-27]
[21st October 1777]
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| Temperature. 8 o’ clock in the morning | Afternoon 12 o'clock | Evening 6 | and 8 o'clock |
| 64 | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| degrees of Fahrenheit’s scale |
Cool easterly breeze. Fine weather, the sky somewhat cloudy.
Went on a bontebok and wild-horse (zebra) hunt but got nothing. We saw some bontebok and so-called hartebeest. We went to pay my Hottentot a visit and found his wife sick, and her face painted.