178 MB. MACLEAR ON THE FALL OF THE COLD BOKKEVELD METEOROL1TE. 
ma rks are made with the view of explaining that which otherwise would appear con- 
tradictorv to the description I am about to give. 
There Is also inclosed an interesting affidavit of one of the witnesses. 
The Cold Bokkeveld is an irregular valley or basin 
tains of sandstone, accessible only by passes of the character of ^French Ho 
Sir Lowry’s, but rougher, and in some parts very steep. The entice from g 
is magnificent compared with any other place I have «eort ^ P '■ ^ 
Within the basin the ground undulates , som Qr 
With groups of sandstone. The farms are principally situated at the ^ 
near the base of the Schurfde Berg, and are part, al!y screened from each other. ^ 
i , > ic low Barand Joosteen’s is on the east side of a hi , 
”"“" 8 and P.RTBR de Toit's is about fifteen miles from the latter ac- 
cording to the map. These three habitations are completely hidden from eac i ot et . 
The climate is comparatively cool ; European cherries grow in the orchards a u 
Ti. not necessary to give the separate conversations in detail 
like r 
summit .1 ». Sehurfde B., S »«*»«. 
south-west to north-east , v ^ d severa i 0 f the inmates to rush 
. 1 .1 ^pinvi.ffip Bere* where he saw something fall to the gioun , 
si;:r .» *. y 
the house. This is the specimen of four pounds, the secon sen o > 
positions may be about a mile from each other, and were pointed out to us by Mrs. 
V Tndt E bTrand Joosteen, with two servantsf, were near the mountain viz. The rhffl 
and where it struck, the grass smoked. The dnection Beaufort 
us by Barand Joosteen himself, and the specimen is the one I sent to Capt. Beauf 
bv H.M.S. Scout, Capt. Craige. . , hmw • he 
Srdly A servant of Pieter de Toit’s was standing near his master s i , 
J a substance fall to the ground about a mile below the garden, which he 
. Although in Mr. MacnWs account the direction is S W. ,o “sit 
letter and Mr. Fann’s letter (Phil. Trans. 1839, p. 85.), all agree m gmng the dneehon 
lid Lefore appear that S.W. to N.E. in the text is an error of transcr.pt, on._S. H. C. 
f See the Affidavit. 
