REGISTER OF THE WEATHER. 
571 
1812. 
Distances. 
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. 
Thermometer 
in the Shade. 
WEATHER. 
In Time ; by 
Oxen and 
Waggons. 
In Knglish 
Miles. 
Time of 
Observation. 
By Fahren- 
heit's Scale. 
By Reau- 
mur's Scale. 
Jan. 
H. M. 
At Klaarwater. 
H. M. 
U 
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In the evening, vivid 
Til.* 11 1 
lightning and loud 
thunder, with rain 
all night. 
15 
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CI I i 1 
bky overcast, and a 
constant, light and 
steady rain. 
I he present state oi 
the atmosphere so 
moist, that culinary 
1 i 1*1' 
salt diliquesces. 
4 30p 
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A heavy thunder- 
shower, with hail- 
stones nearly half 
an inch in diameter. 
At night observed a 
haloround the moon, 
about 50 degrees in 
diameter. A halo is 
a phenomenon of 
very rare occur- 
rence in the interior 
regions of Southern 
Africa. 
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No rain this day. 
17 
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7 — a 
76 
19-5 
No rain. 
2 -p 
84 
23-1 
1 o 
lo 
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7 - a 
74 
18-6 
4 — p 
86 
24-0 
19 
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7 — a 
76 
19.5 
It rained all the pre- 
2 — p 
84 
23-1 
ceding night. 
20 
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7 —a 
74 
18-6 
4 — p 
85 
23-5 
I wo very heavy 
showers this day. 
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Heavy rain. 
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Much lightning. 
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Rain at night. 
24i 
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The sky overcast all 
day, and some heavy 
showers. 
25 
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During the last night 
and this morning it 
rained very hard, 
without the smallest 
intermission for 1 3 
hours. 
26 
1 
27 
7 —a 
75 
19-] 
1 Norainduringthese 
2 -p 
80 
21-3 
[> days, and weather 
28 
7 —a 
74 
18-6 
1 very pleasant. 
2 -p 
75 
19 1 
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