26.
1864
| June | 23 | Took Tucker & a native to assist in finding revolver as it required every precaution & was threatening rain, found it difficult to track as my horse had frequently been on the same ground as the herd, & they returned from home about 7ms on our tracks most of the way, & the native frequently to track horses backwards, after some time he found it where I thought it was, but hid it, fearing Tucker, gave him 12lbs bag Flour, 1lb sugar, ½lb sheep Tobacco, Tucker & he returned while I went on to "Digdown". |
| 24 | Sent McC. & Laing, with tools provisions in dray. W. finding Lewington to repair flat while I went in search of 2 horses turned out in hobbles the previous night, tracked them for miles & found they had gone home hours before; weighed up & returned stores to W. about a dray load or more. | |
| 25 | Out in search of bullocks till noon, loaded up, & started home with Albert & Connor. | |
| 26 | (Sunday) went out & found 2 horses in hobbles, not hurt by stallion. Joe with cattle since the 16 & Sherlock with ewes & lambs about that time. | |
| 27 | Albert with cattle, self after horses, Joe also Tucker at work at home. Connor with ewes & lambs, others away at flat. | |
| 28 | Men the same, Shepherds making close pens for lambs. Tucker with sheep a.m. self after bullocks a.m. with sheep p.m. Joe with team for stores to Withnell's castrated pigs. | |
| 29 | Joe returned with team & Laing & McC., the latter had not done the flat; Joe with complete carelessness broke a double barrel gun, Tucker at work at house. Natives reported arrival of a ship, so I started, to put letters on board, met team & found it was a mistake, went off to find Bob, but did not. |
