Distances. STATIONS
AND PLACES ON THE ROAD
Thermometer
in the Shade.
1811.
In Time; by
Oxen and
Waggons.
I In English
1 Miles.
With their Latitudes, calculated froir
Astronomical Observations made. or
the Journey: to which are added thei
English names and intermediate Distances.
Time of
Observation.
1 By Fahren-
! heit’s Scale.
By Reaumur’s
Scale.
WEATHER.
Oct. H. M. Kldarwater.
Distance from
Cape Town, about -
Sack River
P16ttenberg’s Baaken,
the nearest part of
the Cape colony -
Graaff-reynet
Lit&akoon (or Litd-
kun)
miles
791
308J
259
418
180
H. M.
1 - - - 2 — a 5M 8-6
2 -1 * . . . 12 — a
8 30 p
78
60
20-4
12-4
A very hot day.
3 . 12 — a 84 23*1 Very hot.
1 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 35 p
10 — p
49
70
52
49
45
7-5
16-8
8-8
7*5
5*7
Very cold, owing to
a ri.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
12 — a
6 - p
1 — a
6 30 a
2 - p
6 — P
70
58
35*
24
81*
60
16-8
11-5
1-5
—3'5
21*9
12-4
Wind easterly and
cold.
[ce half an inch thick
on the surface of
the water.
REGISTER OF TH E WEATHER.
T hermometer
D istances. STATIONS in the Shade.
AND rLACES ON THE ROAD ;
1811. I l l
8 g SS i l s
With their Latitudes, calculated from
Astronomical Observations made on
the Journey: to which are added their
B
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; Scale. 1
s Scale.
WEATHER.
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w§ English names and intermediate Distances.
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Oct. H. M. At Kl&arwater. . H. M.
I — a
3 30 a
40
32
3*5
0-0
13 9 — a 62 13-3 Sky cloudless; with a
1 — p
3 — p
82
84
22-2
23*1
pleasant easterly
b r e e z e .
11 — p 46 6-2
14 - 9 — a 71 17-3 A strong wind from
11 — a 79 20*8 the north.
1 45 p 87 24*4
2 15 p 90 25*7 The wind continuing
strong from the N.
Just after sunset the
clouds collected in
the west; and there
was much lightning
7 — P 79 20-8 from every quarter,
except the east.
Wind in violent gusts
12 — p 68 16*0 from the west, and
which continued all
night, but was not
accompanied by
much rain.
15 9 — a 70 16*8 Weather fair, with a
1 40 p 78* 20-6 N. wind.
4 45 p 83 22-6
At night calm, with
much lightning and
a little rain.
16 - , 2 — p 82 22*2
12 — p 62 13*8 Distant lightning during
the whole night.
17
13*3
Wind N.W.
18 9 — a 62
12 — a 79 20-8 In the afternoon the
wind sh ifted round
to the S. E., and
the cold produced
by this change was
very sensible.
11 — p 52 8-8 Much lightning in the
north-east quarter,
very distant.
19 10 — a 76 19-5
1 — p 90 25*7
8 p 90 25*7
11 — p 69 16*4 A strong N. wind, and
distant lightning in
the N.
20 . 10 15 a 80 21-3 A strong N. wind.
3 30 p 82 22-2 5
Ami