Journals

Third Journey (MS 107/2)

11th December 1778


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[11th December 1778]
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s’morgens mistige regen uit den z:o: zo dat niet vertrok. kout ter 50 ­ 58 ­ 52. de hiergenaamde wilde honden hebben een melkkoey doodgebeten. sy lopen by dag, en zyn de hyaena niet

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[11th December 1778]
11

Misty and raining from the south-east in the morning so did not set out. Cold. Thermometer 50 - 58 - 52. What they call wild dogs here have killed a milch-cow. They roam in the daytime and are not hyenas.