THE 
ITINERARY 
AND 
REGISTER OF THE WEATHER. 
1812. 
Distances. 
STATIONS 
AND PLACES ON THE ROAD; 
With their Latitudes, calculated from 
Astronomical Observations made on 
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tances. 
WEATHER. 
In Time ; 
on Oxen. 
In English 
Miles. 
Feb. 
H. M. 
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Latitude 28*^ 'jO' 56" S 
24 
7 — 
22 
Longitude 24 3 0 E. 
A fine day. 
GrBttikciimniu, or ^Vittewater 
(White water j. 
4 h. 40 m. or 14 miles. 
25 
7 — 
2U 
Aakaap, or Riet Fontein (Reed 
An excessively hot day : the sky cloud- 
Fountain). 
less. 
Q, li /^O m or 'iX milps 
The Kloof, a Hottentot village 
Rain at night. 
in the Asbestos Moun- 
tams. 
26 
1 h, 15 n), or 4 miles. 
T'hp skv cloiidle'^s and wpatlipr vprv lint 
3 15 
10 
A kraal of Koras. 
2 h. 6 miles. 
Jan Bloem's Kraal 
27 
1 h. 20 m. 4 miles. 
Cloudless sky during the whole day. 
2 10 
6^ 
Engelsche Drift (English Ford). 
— 50 m. 2^ miles. 
Commissie Drift (Cotvan's Ford). 
At night, dry. 
28 
2 30 
8| 
The day excessively hot. 
Riizo's Kraal. 
A serene and cloudless night. 
29 
4 — 
14 
March 
First Station, on the ' Friendly 
At night some rain fell. 
River.' 
1 
7 — 
24^ 
Fair in the forenoon ; but it rained during 
Driedoorn Station (Threethorn). 
the whole of the afternoon ; and in the 
evening, much distant lightning. 
2 
Dew in the morning. 
— 35 m. 2^ miles. 
3 30 
12-j 
Freshwater Halt. 
The sky cloudless. 
2h. 55 m. lOi miles. 
Grass Station. 
3 
2 h. 20 m. 8f miles. 
4 52 
18 
Poverti/ Kraal. 
An extremely hot day. 
3 h. 32 m. 9^ miles. 
Astrild Station. 
VOL. II. 
