THE 
ITINERARY 
AND 
REGISTER OF THE WEATHER. 
Distances. 
1811. 
In Time ; by 
Oxen and 
Waggons. 
In English 
Miles. 
June 
il. M. 
19 
3 54 
11 
20 
3 — 
8^ 
21 
2 30 
7^ 
22 
6 45 
20 
23 
2 45 
8i 
24 
4 30 
13i 
25 
7 10 
2U- 
26 
3 45 
7 
STATIONS 
AND PLACES ON THE ROAD ; 
With their Latitudes, calculated from 
Astronomical Observations made on 
the Journey : to which are added their 
English names and intermediate Dis 
tances. 
Cape Town *, at the Lutheran 
Church. 
Latitude 33° 55' 40" S. f 
1 hour, or 3 miles ^ 
Zoute Rivier (Salt River §) 
2 h. 54 m. 8 miles 
Zand Valley (Sand Pond) 
2 hours 5^ miles 
Tygerberg (Tiger Mountain) 
1 hour 3 miles 
Pampoen Kraal (Pumkin Kraal) 
Station amongst Rhinoceros- 
bushes 
Olyvenhout Bosch (Olive-tree 
Wood) 
Berg Rivier (Mountain River) - 
at the Pont (Ferry) 
farm. 
Vogel Valley (Bird Lake) on the 
right. 
Kloof (Red-sand Pass) 
from Cape Town 
Thermometer 
in the Shade. 
H. M. 
— a 
57 
11-1 
WEATHER. 
Fair. 
Fair during the day 
time. 
Rainy at night. 
Very rainy the whole 
of the forenoon. 
A fine day. 
Fair weather. 
Air rather chilly 
the early part 
the mornings, 
A fine day. 
Cloudless sky, and 
very pleasant wea 
ther. 
The same as the pre- 
ceding day. 
* The mean of the latitudes and longitudes of Cape Town, as observed by different astronomers, is 33» 55' 39 j ' S, 
and 18° 23' 11 "E. from the Observatory at Greenwich. 
f 2nd July, 1815, at the Lutheran Church, the observed meridional altitude of Arclurus was 35" 57' 46". 
I The distances between Cape Town and the Karro Poort, were not so carefully attended to as those of the following 
part of the Itinerary ; but they will, notwithstanding, be found, perhaps, sufficiently correct for the traveller's use. 
§ The words enclosed by parentheses, are the translations of the preceding name. 
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