Third Journey (MS 107/2)
1st November 1778
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[1st November 1778]
Den 1 novb:
stil betrokken om 8 uur opklarend term 56
trokken. onse coers vandaag w.z.w. Sakrivier begint 3 myl van de clerq in het n:w:
hadden na wysing de weduwe de beer z:w:t:z: 3 gr z: kleine roggevelt in het westen
dog onse cours valt morgen z:w:t:z:
barometer by Jacob de Clerq. twe fontein onder de groene berg n.b. alles Sneeuwberg. in de hoog vlakte 27 2 dus 2550.
begin van de coup of vlak velt ten z en z west van de Clerq zag by rhinoster kop de Swarte bergen door een vlakte aan de regterhand.
by de rhenosterkop begint de Coup en agter de Clerq het nieuwe velt.
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[page 18]
[1st November 1778]
The 1st Nov.b.
Calm, overcast, clearing at 8 o’clock. Thermometer: 56
Departed. Our route today was west-south-west. The Sak River begins in the north-west, three miles from De Clerk. The bearing on the widow De Beer’s was south-west by south, 3 degrees south. The Klein Roggeveld is in the west, but our route will be south-west by south tomorrow. At Jacob De Clerk’s (Tweefontein, beneath the Groenberg. N.B. all still the Sneeuwberg) the barometer read 27 inches and 2 tenths, therefore, 2550 feet on the high plateau. The beginning of the Koup or flat veld is to the south and south-west of De Clerk’s. At Rhinosterkop I saw the Swartberg mountains across a plain on the right hand side. The Koup begins at Rhinosterkop and the Nieuwe Veld behind De Clerk’s.