Third Journey (MS 107/2)
21st January 1779
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[21st January 1779]
21
Warm stil deisig de wind begon om tien uren wat z:o: en woey fris met den avond. term: 68 95 85 vertrok z: op en arriveerde na 6½ uren rydens aan de pont over berg rivier by eenen Joubert dog doordien laag water reed door. de rivier 2 voet diep
[in margin:] 4 en ¾ aan matjes rivier die het piket cardouw en 24 riv water hier in berg riv brengt.
harde grond, gravelig, nu en dan wat sand. na 2 uren rydens z:w: aan by eenen hobregt.
peiling by Juffer krieger honing bergen plaats van louw pretorius die er by legt zyn klein schurft en worden niet beweid. z:z:o: 3 gr z Rhibeek Casteel z ½ o rode sand cloof. hoek z:o: t z 4 gr. z 6 myl. Cardouw o 4 gra n: vier en 20 riv. 3 myl
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[21st January 1779]
21
Hot, calm, hazy. At ten o’clock a wind began from the south-east and blew strongly at the evening. Thermomete:r 68 - 95 - 85.
Departed southwards and arrived after a six and a half hours’ ride at the ferry on the Berg River, at a certain Joubert’s (four and three quarter hours from the Matjies River which brings the water of the Piket, Kardouw and Twenty-four Riviers into the Berg River here). And because the water was low, two feet deep, I rode through it.
Hard ground, gravel, now and then some sand. Arrived at a certain Hobrecht after riding two hours south-west
Bearings at Mrs. Krieger: to Honingbergen, Louw Pretorius’s farm which is close by and a stony place which is not grazed, south-south-east 3 degrees south; Riebeeck Casteel, south half east; Rodezandkloof corner, south-east by south, 4 degrees south, six miles; Kardouw, east 4 degrees north; Twenty-four Rivers, 3 miles.