20th January 1779

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[20th January 1779]
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warm, stil, even hesig. wind met den middag iets west.

Brete

barom: 29 ­ 2 term 68 - 94 - 80.

Peiling by gerret Smit de pikeniers cloof o:n:o: 3 gr o: 3 myl Cardouw z:o: t o: 2 gr o 4 myl hoog gebergte van rode zant z:o: t z 7 myl winter hoeks cloof z:z:o: ½ o. hoge platte berg tussen piquenies cloof en cardouw over oliphants rivier o: t: z: h o: het bad o:z:o: ½ o. noordelykste end van het koude bokkeveld o:z:o: 2 gr o: rhinoster hoek n:n:o:
cours na Juffer krieger zuid door een z o: draay daar na 5 uren en ¼ arriveerde. nu en dan sand grond. reed door een sware veld brand. 21 plaatsen om piket berg

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[20th January 1779]
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Barometer 29 degrees and 2 tenths
Thermometer: 68 - 94 - 80.
Hot, calm, hazy. In the afternoon a wind: westerly.

Latitude:

Bearings at Gerrit Smit’s: Pikenierskloof, east-north-east, 3 degrees east, 3 miles; Kardouw, south-east by east, 2 degrees eas,t 4 miles; the high Roodezand range, south-east by south, seven miles; Winterhoekskloof, south-south-east half east; the high flat mountain between Pikenierskloof and Kardouw across the Oliphants River, east by south half east; the Baths east-south-east half east; northernmost end of the Koude Bokkeveld, east-south-east, 2 degrees east; Rinosterhoek, north-north-east.
Route to Mrs Krieger, south after a turn through the south-east; and therefter arrived after five and a quarter hours.
Ground sandy now and then. Rode through a strong bushfire. Twenty-one farms around Piketberg.