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1865
| Novbr. | 4 | Came home, found Bob & Jacky had collected all the cattle, & Taylor just returned from pressing the wool. Tucker keeping house. |
| 5 | (Sunday) | |
| 6 | Out horse hunting. Taylor working bullocks. | |
| 7 | Made cattle right in number, cut & branded calves (58 weaned stock & 11 young calves) shod horse. | |
| 8 | Went down to Withnell's to see about wool, provisions, & order from Mount. | |
| 9 | Balanced accts, with Withnell, Mount, & stowed wool. | |
| 10 | Home to breakfast, & started Bob & Jacky out with provisions to Station. | |
| 11 | News of arrival of Mystery, making up accts. | |
| 12 | (Sunday) Nairn came yesterday & went to Middleton's today. | |
| 13 | Writing. | |
| 14 | The same, & to W's with letters, when to my surprise the Mystery had left many hours before her time, that is, instead of going out on Tuesday night, or Wednesday morning, she left on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Nairn had had Jeanette to Middleton's & Ney from there in, Bob brought back the mare, & she foaled that same night & Ney was returned late today quite knocked up, so that I had to turn him out at "Dig Down" & got as far as the marsh on foot when I met the return party from Mystery & came back. Nairn told Muller he did not wish me to go up this time, & for the reason I suppose sent Ney home without a note or message. | |
| 15 | Could not start with Ney. | |
| 16 | Came home slowly as Ney was too bad to travel. | |
| 17 | Preparing to kill a beast, but as customers did not come, obliged to defer it till next day, let young steer go & determine to Kill Ploughboy as he is quite too heavy for the country & slow, an odd bullock, & the steer when broken will be of more value for work. |
