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1865

March 12 (Sunday) I went to W's on way to flat.
13 Withnell, self & two others down to flat, it took us 2 days to clean her, & turn her over etc.
16 Returned to W's.
17 Came home.
18 Two at work at stone wall. (A. & Harry had been employed at getting stone, cattle etc, during my absence.) Self down to Taylor's to see about repairs of Saddle, books etc.
19 (Sunday)
20 Two at wall, A. with bullocks, self up river, looking up cattle, & horse, & also to make further examination for sheep station, as this is too dry for lambs, & 8 sheep are now bad from dry feed & hot weather. Mr. Mount returned from "De Grey" with Mann.
21 Carting stone, & at wall, A. after cattle, (as I did not see many) saw most of them.
22 Sent sheep up river & took L. & A, to assist in making fold, & hut, Tucker at wall, Mr. Taylor returned from trip S; & found a heifer dead in the bush.
23 The same.
24 Tucker finished wall. A. working bullocks, found them late; L. at sheep station.
25 Went with 6 sick sheep in dray to station, H. same with ewes & lambs. A. after horses. Tucker at odd work.
26 (Sunday)
27 A. & self after horses, found all of them but Lucy & remains of Firefly's foal. T. the same — 2 rams died.
28 T. & self at carpentering. A. after bullocks & cows with young calves.