Journals

Third Journey (MS 107/2)

8th January 1779


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[8th January 1779]
den 8

w: wind warm term 65 ­ 92 ­ 76.
mas kamma berg plat met een krans boven op cos de andere kommen vast. n w end z:o: t z: ½ myl van troetroe uitspan plek.

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[8th January 1779]
The 8th

West wind. Hot. Thermometer: 65 - 92 - 76.
Maskamma Mountain is flat with a cliff at the top of Cos-sandstone. The other basins are solid. It runs north-west to south-east to south half a mile from the Troetroe outspan.