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at from 10 to 15 miles distance. I was walking on the poop with the Captain about 10 oclock when some lights we had seen on shore, & which we thought were fires, assumed the appearence of a light house. the Capt. at the moment thought we had found Table Bay, & immediately brought the ship to. it however turned out to be that we were just off Hants Bay, & that the lights we had seen were only fires kindled by the Kaffirs. They burned until 4 oclock in the morning.
April 2nd 1858 We made sail again at (11 struck through) 6 oclock this morning with a light breeze, & Kept on along the coast as we went on. We came in sight of the Devils Peak, Lions Rump & Head & at 12 oclock we Saw the Ships lying in the Bay.
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By Moonlit [Pencil Drawing of hills and sea seen from ship] Lions Rump Cape of Good Hope posterior extremity seen from the Belgravia on 1st April 1858 when the ship was hove too.
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[Pencil drawing of hills seen from on board the Belgravia]
from near Hants Bay
2 Continuation Cape
Structure of lights seen Hants Bay the right extremity the from the Belgravia 15 miles at Cape of Good Hope sea supposed to be at the entrance of
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[Pencil sketch of hills seen from on board Belgravia ]
Cape of Good Hope & Cape Point. Seen from belgravia 2nd. April 1858.
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[Pencil sketch of hills from on board Belgravia ]
Table Mountain from the West. Constantia to the right. seen from "Belgravia" April 2/58 on the other side & Lions head