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wards the sources of the Vaal River, and to examine the high mountain 

 range which extends to N.E., distant about twenty miles fi-om us, after which 

 I intend turning back, and travelling along the high ground, which extends 

 nearly east and west, between the Caledon and Vaal Rivers, towards Philip- 

 polis, where I expect we will arrive about the end of December. The Cale- 

 don River extends much farther to the eastward than would be inferred from 

 any of our maps, and rises out of the same mountains with the Black River, 

 or the Stockenstrom River of the maps. We are at present within a short 

 distance of its sources, but despair of being able to visit them, as the moun- 

 tains are so high and rugged. A few days, however, will decide the point. 



" N.B.— Some time ago I happened to get hold of some Graham's Town 

 papers, and was astonished to see such a statement about the Compass Berg. 

 The figures are all wrong, and the remark about the want of a detached ther- 

 mometer is incorrect." 



Castle Toward, west coast of Scotland, Daily Meteorological 

 Register,Jrom 1st October to Qlst December 1834. 



