| Description | Farm accounts while in South Africa, journal while in South Africa, calculations for latitude and longitude, ms verse, ms recipes for polish, varnish, paints etc., small sketches drawn in South Africa interrupted by a "measure of the new foundation at Carnfield - Pinxton Colliery, J. Coke Esq." - in the front cover "William Colliery, J Coke Esq." in the front cover William Coke, Tigerbay, South Africa 1831. Towards the back are ships logs of 'Eliza' (Captain Weddel) from Gravesend to Cape of Good Hope; 'The Curler' (Captain Boyd) to Isle of Wight; 'Wanstead' from Van Diemens Land to England, 'Charles Kerr' (Captain Brodie) from Gravesend to the Cape and Schooner 'Falcon' (Captain Burnell) from the Cape to Ireland. At back, notes about sailing, knots, and diagrams of rigging. |