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THE ITINERARY, AND 
Distances. 
STATIONS 
Thermometer 
in the Shade. 
AND PLACES ON THE ROAD ; 
1811. 
e ; by 
and 
ons. 
In English 
Miles. 
With their Latitudes, calculated from 
Astronomical Observations made on 
2; ^ 
« s 
WEATHER. 
In Tim 
Oxen 
Wagg: 
the Journey : to which are added their 
English names and intermediate Dis- 
tances. 
Time 
Observa 
By Fah 
heit's S( 
By R( 
mur's S 
Oct. 
H, M. 
Kl^Larwater. 
Distance from miles. 
Cape Town, about - 791 
Sack River - - 308J 
Pl^ttenberg's Baaken, 
the nearest part of 
the Cape colony - 259 
GraafF-reynet - - 418 
Lit^iakoon (or Litd- 
kun) - - 180 
H. M. 
1 
- 
2 —a 
51i 
8-6 
2 
- 
12 — a 
78 
20 4 
A very hot day. 
8 30p 
60 
12-4 
3 
12 — a 
84 
23-1 
Very hot. 
4. 
12 — a 
82 
22-2 
All day a very strong 
N. W. wind. 
5 
12 — a 
10 — p 
77 
54 
20-0 
9-7 
6 
- 
- 
- 
8 45 a 
12 — a 
7 -p 
8 35p 
10 — p 
49 
70 
52 
49 
45 
7- 5 
16-8 
8- 8 
7-5 
5-7 
Very cold, owing to 
a N.E. wind, which 
is here observed 
always to produce 
cold, but never 
brings rain. 
During the night it 
froze sufficiently 
hard to cause all 
the young fruit on 
the peach-trees to 
drop off. 
7 
- 
- 
- 
12 — a 
10 —p 
70 
46 
16-8 
6-2 
8 
10 —p 
45 
5-7 
A very cold day. 
9 
- 
- 
8 30 a 
12 — a 
41 
68 
4-0 
16-0 
Cloudy. Wind N.W. 
10 
8 30 a 
10 — a 
12 — a 
51 
59 
68 
8-4 
12-0 
16-0 
The atmosphere so 
clear, that at night 
stars of the second 
magnitude were 
visible the instant 
they rose above the 
horizon. 
11 
12 — a 
6 -p 
70 
58 
16-8 
11-5 
Wind easterly and 
cold. 
12 
1 — a 
6 30 a 
2 — p 
6 -p 
35i 
24 
81i 
60 
1-5 
-3-5 
21-9 
12-4 
Ice half an inch thick 
on the surface of 
the water. 
