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1864
| April | 7 | Laing & Joe at work at wall. McC. with horses. |
| 8 | The same, self after horses. | |
| 9 | Men the same. McC. & self cutting posts for shed, carting them, & wood, & water. | |
| 10 | (Sunday) went up river after Stallion as he had broken away the previous night, brought him in with others, & found bull (with broken leg) doing well. | |
| 11 | Two men at work at wall. McC. & self working at shed. | |
| 12 | Two hands at wall; a large piece of which fell in the night. McC. after horses, self at shed. | |
| 13 | Two as above; McC. & self after horses & bullocks & fetching wood & water. Turned all the horses out & shod the stallion. | |
| 14 | Two men as above, self in search of Ram which Green had been compelled to leave the night before, too ill to walk, found him late & carried him home a long way, & did what I could for him. Mc. with L. brought a load of hay in from horse run. | |
| 15 | Joe & Laing as previous, McC. after Bobby, self quarrying & with McC. in afternoon at same. Withnall arrived at Station at about 7 p.m. heard 1 gun from "Sea Ripple" at 8 p.m. previous night & wd. have gone down had there been a second. | |
| 16 | Went down with two horses & Withnall to render what assistance I could as the poor fellow was much in need of some after his heavy losses. Told McC. & Green to start down with bullock dray & dingy at two p.m. Met flock of sheep south of marsh, emn & sheep scarcely able to move for want of water, left one horse with them & told one of them to ride with their bucket 6 miles to "Dig-down" & fetch water for others, which wd. not take him more than three hours; after some delay got on board "Sea Ripple" about 5ms, out from site of house saw Cringle, bought 6lbs Tobacco dined, borrowed some books, & got on shore after |
