Third Journey (MS 107/2)
5th January 1779
transcription
[5th January 1779]
5
warm weer selfde wind
hawàap hiet de sakrivier loopt in Camagagua. ńou caap ook een grote rivier loopt aan de andere zyde de cammaguqua
ein eip volk zyn bastard namaqua
nou èik nog andere bos mans briqua nog ander volk. zyn Caffers hebben beesten schape en grote bokken
nb dese bosmannen repeteerden de meeste laatste woorden als imand met hun sprak: veelen tegelyk
brete
| 90 | |
| 81 | 30 |
| 8 | 30 |
| dec | |
| 22 | 37 |
| 31 | 7 |
miswysing 18½ gr nw
term: 75 – 103 – 80 snags 12 u: 65
barom 27 -9
translation
[5th January 1779]
5
Thermometer: 75 -103 -80 . At 12 o’clock at night, 65.
Barometer: 27 inches and 9 tenths. Hot weather, the same wind.
Latitude
| 90 | |
| 81 | 30 |
| 8 | 30 |
| Declination | |
| 22 | 37 |
| 31 | 7 |
Error 18½ degrees north-west
The Sak River is called Hawaap; it runs into the Camagaqua; The Nou Caap is also a large river; it runs on the other side of the Camagaqua. The Ein-Eip people are mixed-race Namaquas. Nou-eik are yet another Bushmen tribe. Briquas are yet another people: they are Caffres, and have cattle, sheep and large goats.
NB When someone speaks to them, these Bushmen mostly repeat their last words, many of them at the same time.