22.
1864
| April | 29 | Crossed river early, when I found a good breakfast very acceptible [sic] as had started quite unprepared for being out for the night, finding party, bullocks, boats etc all right, came up & camped on the horse run, found it rather too cold at night in only shirt & trousers. |
| 30 | After a good tramp round found all the horses; & cattle in two lots, put them together & returned home. It was well I was on foot as the country was too soft for a horse, tho, it dries quickly. |
| May | 1 | (Sunday) |
| 2 | Out on foot looking up cattle, did not find them, but found the horses. | |
| 3 | Out with Bullock Jack after his horses & ours, found ours, but not his. Jack brought ours in. Men as before repairing those portions of wall which had fallen down. Seven days after the fall of rain the whole of the run was quite green. | |
| 4 | Out after cattle, found them all looking very well since the rain & in very fine grass. Jack could not find his stallion; Lewington came home from Withnells with timber & reported that the flat had got adrift. | |
| 5 | Went with Laing in search of flat, taking team with us to bring up dingy to W's. & 2 bags of flour home. | |
| 6 | Searching creek in all directions down to Inlet without success. Shot a native dog. | |
| 7 | Returned to marsh, searching all the way, did not find her, so returned to Digdown & sent Laing home. | |
| 8 | (Sunday) Went to marsh to fetch up things we had with us & search for boat, found her & returned with traps. | |
| 9 | Compelled to wait at Digdown for team as Sherlock had taken it up with flour without my consent. | |
| 10 | Brought up small boat & left her in river at camp. Bullocks feet very tender. | |
| 11 | Found bullocks late, & returned home. During my absence Joe, & since his return, Laing with him were mostly employed at the wall, |
