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THE ITINERARY, AND 
Distances. 
STATIONS 
Thermometer 
in the Shade. 
AND FLACKS ON THE ROAD; 
1811. 
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WEATHER. 
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Astronomical Observations made on 
the Journey : to which are added their 
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English names and intermediate Dis- 
tances. 
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heit's 
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2 
Sept. 
M. M. 
Zand Vall6y. 
H. 
M. 
15 
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2 
22 p 
82i 
22-4 
4 20 
13 
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_ 
At 4^ p. m. thunder, 
with much light- 
Gariep Station, on the banks of 
the " Gariep," or " Groote 
ning ; and during 
Rivier" (Great River), or 
the short time it 
" Oranje Rivier.'' 
lasted, rain fell in 
Latitude 29° 40' 52" S. 
torrents. 
Longitude 23 27 20 E. 
Distance from the boundary of 
the Colony, about 218^ ; 
and from Cape Town, 701. 
16 
- 
- 
7 
20 a 
58i 
11-7 
12 
— a 
87 
24-4 
iMuch lightning and 
thunder. 
17 
3 15 
12 
— a 
90^ 
25-9 
Shallow Ford - - - - 
6 
45 p 
77 
20-0 
A cloudless day. 
12 
30 p 
67i 
15-7 
18 
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______ 
10 
30 a 
79 
20-8 
2 
— P 
89 
25-3 
Too hot for travelling 
by day. 
5 
50 p 
8U 
21-9 
Very sultry after sun- 
19 
- 
12 15 
- 
37 
------ 
6 
— a 
44' 
5-3 
set. Calm. 
The Hottentot village of the Kloof 
(The Defile) in the Asbes- 
Too hot for travelling 
tos Mountains. 
by day. 
Latitude 29°15'32"S. 
Longitude 23 46 10 E. 
20 
- - - - 
5 
45 a 
41 
4-0 
1 These three days 
21 
- 
- 
7 
— a 
48 
7-1 
> were excessively 
22 

12 
— a 
71 
17-3 
) hot and sultry. 
11 
20 p 
59i 
12-2 
Sky lightly overcast. 
8 
15 a 
67^ 
15-7 
23 
Very windy, with most 
violent gusts. 
1 
— P 
79^ 
21-0 
Sky rather overcast. 
3 
— P 
14-2 
Rain and hail, accom- 
panied with light- 
ning and thunder, 
and the most vio- 
3 
15 p 
74 
18-6 
lent wind, which 
lasted a quarter of 
an hour ; after which 
it became a dead 
palm with finp wpa- 
ther. But at 6 in 
the evening it be- 
gan again to lighten 
and thunder more 
vivid and loud than 
before, bringing on 
