25.
1864
| June | 9 | Two men at plough. McC. & Lewtn. the same self looking after lost sheep, butter, & mare; measuring land. |
| 10 | Two men harrowing, self sowing, McC., mending saddle. Lewtn. Shot 2 fine turkeys at a shot. | |
| 11 | Two as above, 1 man, & self, working at home, attending to mare, (Lewtn; hurt in fall) butter, logs, stool etc. etc. | |
| 12 | (Sunday) 10hrs. steady rain. Lewtn. left cattle out on return from Withnell's. | |
| 13 | Told Lewington to let McC. go after the cattle as he wd. be more likely to find them & sent him after the bullocks, he said before he did anything more he must have a fresh agreement. 2 per month or leave, told him to go, as he was not worth it. & that I should not trouble myself any more about him & he wd be the last I shld send home. McC. found cattle early, Laing & self carting material for steps. Joe building them. I also finished hewing steps. Horses often seen & in of late. Much rain. | |
| 14 | I went to "Dig-down" on business for stores etc, with team. 2 men at steps & clearing away stone. McC. with cattle, fetching bullocks etc., returned plough. | |
| 15 | Came home with stores, 2 men the same, McC. looked up horses, a little rain. Mystery arrived | |
| 16 | Men as above, & Joe on foundation of house, self making carpenters bench etc. | |
| 17 | Went to Harbour (to receive stores from Mystery) with McCourt, sent Laing with bullocks. | |
| 18 | Discharged cargo. | |
| 19 | (Sunday) | |
| 20.21.22 | Boating & carting stores with 2 teams, to Withnell's, fixing tent, settling with Withnells for stores borrowed, & hunting up bullocks, & horses. Tucker, & I came home, going round & hunting up all the horses, as I required fresh ones. After we had gone some distance I missed my revolver having jerked it out of the case while galloping; or elsewhere, too late to look for it. |
