Third Journey (MS 107/2)
26th December 1778
transcription
[26th December 1778]
26
vond by nel barom: 26 - 2 dus omtrent 300 voet gedaalt schoon weer ooste lugtje. term 70 95 80. seer warm bedomt in den agtermid. cours van Coetse tot hier en verder na de hantam n:w: t w.
brete
| 90 | 0 |
| 81 | 36 |
| 8 | 24 |
| decl. | |
| 23 | 23 |
| **31** | **47** |
19½ gr nw:
arriveerde na 1½ myl distantie over een grote rug opdragent by Jacob louw hartebeest fontein passeerde halverweg de kla[vervaley]
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[kla]vervaley.
translation
[26th December 1778]
26
The barometer at Nel’s showed 26 inches and 2 tenths; . thus we have descended about 300 feet. Fine weather; light easterly wind. Thermomete:r 70 - 75 - 80. Very hot and sultry in the afternoon. Course from Coetsee to here and further to the Hantam, north-west by west.
Latitude:
| 90 | 0 |
| 81 | 36 |
| 8 | 24 |
| Declination | |
| 23 | 23 |
| **31** | **47** |
Error 19½ degrees north west
Reached Jacob Louw at Hartebeestfontein after going uphill over a large ridge, a distance of one and a half miles. We passed
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Klavervlei halfway.