7.
1863
| Nov | 15 | (Sunday) Went down to see Mr. Nairn. |
| 16 | Rode down to Bay & shipped Dixon & two Natives per "Mystery" with provisions (13lbs of flour & 21 pieces of pork supposed to weigh 4 lbs each) sent 4 letters to Mr Wellard with copy of Journal* & 5 other letters. (*up to this date.) | |
| 17 | Went home with Nairn & rode out with him & found station for his sheep; sent Joe down with team to cart Nairn's stores up, having previously sent McCourt & Jack to fetch them up to head of Marsh, with remainder of our own things. Laing refused to cook as he said had taken an oath against it. | |
| 18 | Out with Nairn horse hunting on river (could not find them & cattle hunting - down at Digdown men as above. Laing at work at home. Bullocks better. | |
| 19 | Came home, horse hunting on the way, could not find them (sawed piers for house with Laing) found excellent place to put horses, & cattle where they would be likely to remain. | |
| 20 | Working on foundations of house with Laing Joe making shaft to cart. | |
| 21 | Working at house, & horse hunting. | |
| 22 | (Sunday) Found Jinnette & foal with horses. (with Lewington) & went down to Nairn's two natives seen driving 2 heifers with calves. | |
| 23 | Collected all the cattle with Nairn, divided them, & took 14 head of station cattle to river pass, where there is plenty of green feed for calves returned home at 9 p.m. Nairn had preceeded[sic] me. | |
| 24 | Started with Nairn for the Sherlock River Turned out Negus he had cast a shoe, & caught Dolly by the way; camped at 50; water rather low. | |
| 25 | Came up with Nairn's advance party, at noon, on the Sherlock, took fresh horses & went 5 or 7 miles up our side of the river & down the other Saw an abundance of excellent feed, |
