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1865
| March | 29 | T. & self the same. A. after young calves. |
| 30 | The same. A. brought in all the cattle up the river. F. & L. Mount & Mann, left this for the "Ashburton R[iver]" also Taylor, & party exploring southward. | |
| 31 | Tucker as above, self same & up to Station. A. after bullocks & to W's for flour. |
| April | 1 | T. & self at carpentering & making up stores for Station & Taylor's. A. returned with team. |
| 2 | (Sunday) Went down to Tien Tsin, when on board passengers came to me from the Maria Ross, with directions to assist them. | |
| 3–8 | Landing stores, sheep etc from Maria Ross. Tien Tsin sailed at 11 p.m. 7th. | |
| 9 | (Sunday) Kestrel arrived. | |
| 10 | Landing sheep from her. | |
| 11 | When about to return heard that Middleton's sheep could not be brought to water, without my assistance which detained me. | |
| 12 | Mare broke loose & went off with her tether last night, self after her, did not find her, Albert carting many peoples stores of late. Tucker with ewes & lambs as they require much care, & we have lost many of late, owing to heat & drought. Taylor at work at Bay when T. was cook. | |
| 13 | Self after mare. A. finished carting. | |
| 14 | After mare. A. came home with team & stores. | |
| 15 | A. Jacky & self after mare, with 3 horses, foal came to where A. was camped with mares & foals. | |
| 16 | Sunday, same, after mare, found her caught by her rope in rocks in the hills, tracked her up with difficulty, she had been 116 hrs, without water & was in a very reduced state, bathed her & gave her small drinks at 16 intervals of 2 hrs. & some hay. |
