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EARLY RECORDS OP PORT PHILLIP, 129 Monday, 3. a.m. — A very fine morning. At -^past 11 Lt, Gov. Collins and self walkd to the farm, and there took his boat and went to Risdon Cove; the Gov. ordered all the houses that were there to be pulld down.^ At 4 p.m. we arrived in the camp, and I dind with him. C.S., Goliath. Tuesday, 4. a.m. — At 12 Lt. Johnson and self walkd to the farm ; and in the eve dind with him. Met there Lt. Lord, Mr. Fosbrook, and J anson. My boat was finished. C.S., Elustrious. Wed. 5. A.M. — At 11 I walkd to the farm, where I took my boat and went to Risdon Cove with my dogs. At 4 p.m. went and killd a large kangarro. I slept at Mr. Mountgarret house that was. Rain and snow. C.S., Genner. Thursday, 6. a.m. — At 5 sent my man out with the dogs. At 6 I went out after ducks ; saw very few. At 10 returnd. He killd a kan. At 1 p.m. left Risdon and came to Hobert Town, and dind with Mr. Harris. C.S., Musgrave. Friday, 7. a.m. — At 10 saild a whaling the Alexander ship, Capt. Rhodes, to Adventure Bay. Lt. Johnson and Mr. Harris dind with me. Saturday, 8. a.m. — This morn the weather remarkably fine. At 11 1 went out a fishing ; no success. Mr. Harris and self dind with Mr. Fosbrook. C.S., Brenton. Sunday, 9. a.m. — Very fine wr. In the eve much lightning. At 11 fresh breezes. C.S., Garrow. Monday, 10. a.m. — Strong wind, with rain. At 2 p.m. I walkd to the farm, and dind with Lt. — [illegible]. Mr. Groves came to me in the eve. C.S., Clarence. Tuesday, 11. a.m. — Moderate wr., and fine. C.S., Hobart. Wed., 12. a.m. — At 11 Lieut. Johnson and self took a long walk to Millers, the settler ; In the eve I dind with him ; Capt. Sladden and Mr. Humphry calld and took wine. The day very hot, but the Table Mountain coverd with snow. C.S., Colossus. Thursday, 13. a.m. — Lt. Johnson and self [w]alk to the garden, and home by the Government [blank]. C.S., Nisus. Friday, 14. a.m. — At 11 Lt. Johnson and the Lt. Governor went to the farm ; the Gov. returnd, and Mr. Johnson and self went to Risdon. In the eve I dind with him. My man Salmon brought home 2 kangarros. C.S., Longford. Saturday, 15. a.m. — This day all the civil and military dind with Mr. Fosbrook, the commissary, except Mr. Hopley, who was not invited. C.S., Manners. Sunday, 16. a.m. — Divine service was to have been performed at the farm, but the wr. was so very wet I could not go there. At 4 p.m. thunder was heard very loud, and the Table Mountain was coverd with snow. Mr. Fosbrook and self dined with Lt. Johnson. C.S., Grampus. Monday, 17. a.m. — The majestrates sat. In the eve continuel rain. The people employ d at building houses for the civil officers. C.S., Liverpool. ' The proprietor of the land on which the Risdon settlement stood was the late Thomas George Gregson, Esquire, who died four or five years since. I called, with an intimate friend of his, upon him during his last illness, when the latter shewed me the remains of these houses — mere broken walls. I suppose these ruins still exist — C, 1878. I