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1864
| Jany | 11 | Securing tents on roof of house as it was very leaky; P.m. went with McCourt horse hunting as the plains are getting very boggy (brought in all but Saucy & Fan). |
| 12 | Slept on the horse run last night as we could not find them last evening anywhere, brought in all but Saucy & Fan & took them about 4ms. down the range, heavy rain night & a little today. Joe & Schum at wall. | |
| 13 | Horse hunting with McCourt, found Minnie who had gone off in hobbles, could not find Saucy or Fan. | |
| 14 | McC. found mares, self, Joe & Schum working at stone wall. Abraham with Green. Laing with Ewes & lambs; Jack cooking. Lewington with cattle & shot a find Emu yesterday, & a Kangaroo the day before. | |
| 15 | Quarrying stone with McC.; hands as above. This day makes a week of rainy weather, sometime heavy rain, with light showers & continuous cloudy, cool delightful weather. | |
| 16 | The same. Lewington after Fan & Saucy could not find them shot a fine turkey. | |
| 17 | (Sunday) Went to the top of Mt. Jasper with McC, who shot a Turkey. | |
| 18 | Working at Stone wall, fetching wood & water. Hands as above. A shooting match came off today. Abram[sic] shot an Emu. | |
| 19 | Hands as before, self ill, Lewington after horses, could not find them. | |
| 20 | Hands the same. McCourt with Ewes & lambs, Lewington sent after horses. Laing & self ill Lewtn.[Lewington] & Abram[sic] shot 2 Emus. | |
| 21 | Mc. went after the horses in the hills, & found the river running strong, he returned with one at 10 a.m. to go in search of those down the river, which Lewington had neglected to do (by persuasion) as I ordered yesterday, he also has his cattle at the far side the plains & cannot bring them home as the plains are too boggy I have ordered him to put them on this side of the plain every night; as the weather has been evidently breaking for some time & the country might be flooded at night. I have had the cattle & horses |
