field diary 1832 deciphering problems

[JanSeifert]

147.1 - I can't get the missing word, but it's 'addition' not 'addiction'!

that was actually my speeling mistake 

and: I found the word! »soorkee« is brick pulverized and mixed with lime to form a mortar says Merriam-Webster. I was sure, the spelling is bad, so I did not even check!

j

[arthurk]

117m.1 - par^h = paragraph; met - then I think "W.S."

but would that not mean »which I met« instead of »whom I met«
another example of his excentric grammar?

Occasionally you hear 'which' referring to a person ("Our father, which art in heaven...")

143.1 - line 6 'neat'

the following is poppy, but the last word buggs me - again! its the same as in 7.1.

I'd forgotten that, and I didn't get it there either. It looks like 'cates'; the OED gives one meaning of this as 'provisions', 'delicacies', or sometimes just 'food', but that doesn't really fit, does it? Or could it be his way of saying it's a food crop?

[JanSeifert]

I'd forgotten that, and I didn't get it there either. It looks like 'cates'; the OED gives one meaning of this as 'provisions', 'delicacies', or sometimes just 'food', but that doesn't really fit, does it? Or could it be his way of saying it's a food crop?

I begin to believe that »cates« is a word he just uses wrongly. I keep loking out for more examples.

[JanSeifert]

Here is a summary of the work so far. There is still a few problems to be solved. So if you find time, visit the respective entries and let me know your opinions.

1.1   solved
1.2   solved
1.3   solved
1.4   solved
2.1   solved
2.2   solved
2.3   solved
2.4   solved
2.5   solved
2.6   interpretation issue
3.1   solved
3.2   solved
3.3   solved
3.4   solved
4.1   solved
4.2   solved
4.3   solved
5.1   solved
5.2   solved
6.1   solved
6.2   solved
7.1   word use issue
7.2   solved
7.3   solved
9.1   solved
10.1   solved
11.1   solved
11.2   solved
12.1   solved
13.1   solved
13.2   solved
13.3   solved
14.1   solved
14.2   solved
15.1   solved
16.1   solved
17.1   solved
18.1   solved
20.1   solved
20.2   solved
21.1   solved
22.1   solved
23.1   solved
25.1   solved
27.1   solved
27.2   solved
28.1   solved
28.2   solved
30.1   solved
30.2   solved
30m.1  solved
30m.2  solved
35.1   solved
37.1   solved
37.2   solved
37m.1  solved
38.1   solved
39.1   solved
39m.1  solved
39m.2  solved
41.1   abbreviation issue
42.1   solved
48.1   solved
50m.1  solved
51m.1  solved
52m.1  solved
52m.2  word/spelling issue
53.1   solved
61.1   solved
86.1   solved
88.1   name issue
90.1   solved
91.1   solved
92.1   solved
93.1   name issue
95.1   solved
97.1   solved
98.1   solved
98.2   solved
99.1   solved
106.1 name issue
109.1  solved
112.1  solved
114.1  solved
116m.1  plant species question
117m.1 solved
121m.1 abbreviation issues
121m.2 abbreviation issues
123.1 solved
124.1 scottish word?
125.1 solved
130m.1 solved
131m.1 solved
132.1  solved
136.1 word/spelling issue
141.1 word use issue
143.1 word use issue
144.1 solved
147.1 solved
153.1 solved

7.1 and 143.1 are basically the same problem. »cates« is the word.

[Karen McDonald]

30.1

»
show us the road to Assam – without
this I know not how we were to have
found our way for we have not a
[??] capable of conducting us beyond
this village and its not the most com-
fortable thing to reflect that our guides
«

Could it perhaps be soul?

I must admit that I am impressed by your "to-do" list, with its links! You are obviously an extremely organised person. Hut ab!

Best regards,
Karen

[Karen McDonald]

136.1

»
them – giving him British
statute size as the most
convenient for inexperienced
manufacturers & [??] .
Desperate rogues should here
as elsewhere beat [??]
at home.
«

Could it simply be a badly-written business? 

[JanSeifert]

30.1

»
show us the road to Assam – without
this I know not how we were to have
found our way for we have not a
[??] capable of conducting us beyond
this village and its not the most com-
fortable thing to reflect that our guides
«

Could it perhaps be soul?

I must admit that I am impressed by your "to-do" list, with its links! You are obviously an extremely organised person. Hut ab!

Best regards,
Karen

I think you nailed it! Thanks a bunch.
Jan

[JanSeifert]

136.1

»
them – giving him British
statute size as the most
convenient for inexperienced
manufacturers & [??] .
Desperate rogues should here
as elsewhere beat [??]
at home.
«

Could it simply be a badly-written business? 

that is the trouble. its just a jumble of letters in this state. and he could have written the word wrong for all we now. but still i find it hard to construct »business« out of it.

Thanks though!
Jan

[JanSeifert]

7.1 and 143.1 are basically the same problem. »cates« is the word and as such legible. the use in he context does not fit. so if anyone has a look at it keep that in mind.