Third Journey (MS 107/2)
29th September 1778
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[29th September 1778]
29
met den morgen peilde ik met de barometer en vond d 25 tiendens 9 verbetert het welk 10 voet boven de zee geeft;
termometer gaf even voor sons opgang 40 gr en bleef tot even na son so, hier is aan te merken, dat somwijlen meest met de son het koutste word, dat egter niet lang duurt. de wind was met den morgen, westelyk dog draaide somwylen na hy het gebergte trof. bleef tegen den avond zuid, zeer schoon weer dog zeer koel, de temometer rees ten twaalf niet hoger als 50 zelf niet in de son meer als 52. en daalde na zon ondergang twe uren tot 50 cours tot van der walt, noord, met enige draajen de wagens reden 5 uur; tot burgers daar wy uitspanden, vier uren; markeerde [blank] myl in de caart, de laatste cours n:t:o: bevond de barometer by burgers verbetert.
24d 9t, dus tussen burgers en van der walt, is de scheiding der waters loopt de ene na camdebo en de andere zynde begin van plettenbergs rivier, na het noorden.
translation
[29th September 1778]
29
In the morning I measured with the barometer and got 25 inches 9 tenths, which, corrected, gives 10 feet above sea level.
A little before sunrise the thermometer showed 40 degrees and remained so until a while after sunrise. It should be noted here that it gets coldest at dawn, however it does not long remain so. The wind was westerly in the morning but veering at times when it struck the mountains.
I kept my course south towards evening. Very fine weather but very cold. At twelve the thermometer did not rise higher than 50 degrees; even in the sun it was not more than 52 degrees and two hours after sunset it dropped to 50 degrees. Route: north to Van der Walt with some turns. The wagons took five hours. Then four hours to Burgers, where we outspanned. Marked [blank] miles on the map. The last course was north by east. The barometer at Burgers, corrected, showed 24 inches 9 tenths; thus the watershed is between Burgers and Van der Walt: the one stream goes to the Camdeboo and the other one goes to the north, being the start of the Plettenberg River.