The narrative of an explorer in tropical South AfricaGalton, Francis
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The narrative of an explorer in tropical South Africa
Galton, Francis
South Africa -- Description and travel
1850 | August | Sail from Cape Town and land at Walfisch Bay.
| September | Travel with cart and mules to Otjimbinguè.
| October } | Buy oxen and send them down to fetch the waggons,
| November} | while I stay at Otjimbinguè and at Barmen.
| December | Make an excursion on ride-oxen to Erongo.
1851 | January | Take waggons to Schmelen’s Hope, and ride thence to
| | beyond Rehoboth.
| February | Interviews at Schmelen’s Hope; adjacent country is
| | explored.
| March | Travel with the waggons to the northward.
| April | Pass Omanbondè—reach Okamabuti—a waggon breaks down.
| May | Meet the Ovampo caravan, and return with them on
| | ride-oxen to Ondonga.
| June | Stay a fortnight at Nangoro’s, then go back to
| | Okamabuti.
| July | Return southwards with the waggons by the Omoramba.
| August | Reach Barmen and go on to Jonker’s.
| September | Take waggon to Elephant Fountain, ride thence on
| | ox-back to Okomavaka.
| October | Cross plain to ’Tounobis; stay a week and return.
| November | Travel with waggons down towards the coast.
| December | Reach Walfisch Bay and wait for the ship.
LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES OF PRINCIPAL POINTS.
See p. 161, vol. xxii., “Journal of Royal Geographical Society,” for
details of the calculations and for further latitudes.
South Latitude. East Longitude.
Schmelen’s Hope | 22° 0′ | 16° 56′
Okamabuti | 19° 31′ | 18° 20′
Nangoro’s Werft in Ondonga | 17° 59′ | 16° 14′
Elephant Fountain | 22° 27′ | 18° 59′
’Tounobis (or Otchombindè) | 21° 55′ | 21° 55′
ITINERARY OF MY PRINCIPAL ROUTES.
From WALFISCH BAY to NANGORO’S 719 English Miles.
” ” ’TOUNOBIS 518 ”
The hours given are those of actual travelling, _exclusive of all
delays_. I allow 2½ English miles for each hour; but, reckoning _as the
crow flies_ from point to point, 2 _geographical_ miles will be found to
be very near the truth.
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