Second Journey (MS 107/1/1-2)
23rd February 1778
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[23rd February 1778]
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regen tot agtermiddag uit den z:o:
ging na Catharina en vis baay, die maar kleine sandige inhammen syn, een half quartier van een. peilde het land naby de mosselbaays westhoek n:o: half oost en het westelyke over gourits rivier z:w: half west. van de westpunt van vis baay tot gourits riviers mond alles klip, en een half uur distantie. tussen catharina en visbaay een hooge krantsig rif een klein quartier lang. de mond van gourits rivier is een grote kogel schoot breed. en vol branding. arriveerde laat by botha te rug.
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[23rd February 1778]
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Rain from the south-east until the afternoon. Went to Catharina Bay and Vis Bay, which are only small, sandy inlets, a quarter of an hour apart. Took bearings on the land close to the western point of Mossel Bay: north-east half east; and on the western part across the Gourits River: south-west half west; from the west point of Vis Bay to the Gourtis River mouth, everywhere is stony and it is a half-hour’s distance.
There is a high, craggy reef less than quarter of an hour long between Catharina and Vis Bays. The mouth of the Gourits River is a long musket shot wide and full of breakers. Arrived late back at Botha's.