D istances. STATIONS T hermomete-
AND PLACES ON THE ROAD ;
■J i «5
1812. Astronomical Observations made on
the Journey: to which are added their ¡SS
ahren
Scale
É WEATHER. .
e
English Names and intermediate Dis- H-J'
O m JÎ! ■B
Jan.
4 .
H . M. At Klaarwater. H . M.
2 Z p
79
95
20*8
28-0
part of the night,
that it had the appearance
of a mist,
or distant driving
rain.
A strong N. W. wind.
A light shower at
night.
5 6 — a
80
21-8
iS 4 l * - 2 — p
94
27*5 1 6 7 — a 75
95
19-1
28-0
1 Hot, sunny, dry
f weather.
7 7 E— a
4 — p
76
88
19-5
24*8 )
8 7. — a
2 P
75
96
19*1
28-4
This day calm, and
almost insupporta-
blyhot. Sky cloudless.
9 7 — a 84 23 1
2 — p 96 28-4
10 ■ 7 — a
2 P
75
96
19*1
28*4
A heavy shower in
the foregoing night,
and the wind N.W.
11 - 7 — a 80 21*3 The last night and
4 - p 89 25*3 all this day the sky
was overcast. Wind
South.
The wind quite round
through every point
o f the compass,
twice in the course
of the evening; and
while it was in the
East, there was a
shower which lasted
from 9 till '11 p.m.;
afler which i t veered
to the N.
12 7 — a
2 — p
78
88
if o
ob >£■
18 7 — a
2 P
76
95
19*5
28*0
The evening set in with
lightning, thunder,
and the heaviest
rain that had fallen
at Klaarwater this
season. I t rained
the whole night.
14 7 — a 76 19-5 All day many thun-
2 — p 85 23*5 der-clouds passing.
D istances. STATIONS
AND PLACES ON THE ROAD;
Thermome te r
in the Shade.
1812.
I j |
A ^
In English
Miles.
With their Latitudes, calculated from
Astronomical Observations made on
die Journey: to which are added their
English Names, and intermediate Distances.
Scale. 1
Time of
Observation.
I By Fahren-
! heit’s Scale.
1' By Reaumur’s
WEATHER^
Jan.
14
h ; m. At Klaarwater. II. M.
In the evening, vivid
15
lightning and loud
thunder, with rain
all night. ■
Sky overcast, and a
16
4 30 p ¡ ¡ P 1 1
constant, light and
steady rain.
The present state of
the atmosphere so
moist, that culinary
salt diliquesces.
A heavy thundershower,
with hailstones
nearly half
an inch in diameter.
At night observed a
h a lo rou fid the moon,
about 50 degrees in
diameter. A halo is
a phenomenon of
very rare occurs
rence in the interior
regions of Southern
Africa. ~
N o rain this day.
17 A " ¿ y r - - - - - - - 7 —a 76 19-5 No rain.
18 b i.. ' P P |
2 — P
7 — a
84
74
231
18-6
19
4 — p
7 — à
86
76
24-0
19.5 It rained all the pre20
2 - p
7 — a
84
74
23.-1
18-6
ceding night.
21
4 — p 85 23*5 Two very heavy
showers this day.
Heavy rain.
* 1¿irfri A ï . * '-1Trm Much lightning.
Rain at night.
24 The sky overcast all
. 25
day, and somehefevy
showers.
During the last night
26
and this morning it
rained“ very hard,
without the smallest
intermission for 13
hours.
27J , ] 7 — a 75 19*1 No rain during these
28
2 m
7 — a
80
74
21*3
i '8-6
f days, and weather
■j 1 very pleasant.
2 - p 75 191 J