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1865
| October | 6 | Came home & out after horses. Tucker came home from shearing & Taylor whose time is up remained, having worked for Taylor's party. |
| 7 | Out after horses. Tucker washing up, making brine & Thurgood to Mt. Welcome for boots. | |
| 8 | (Sunday) | |
| 9 | Putting up things for party going out with sheep, & down to Mt. Welcome for letters. Taylor after bullocks. | |
| 10 | Down to Mystery to see Headland. Tuckeir after bullocks, as Taylor could not find them. | |
| 11 | Came home with Withnell & shod horse. | |
| 12 | Started out with W. cattle hunting & to look for runs for sheep as the country so dry owing to the long drought that they will require often moving, camped at upper river gorge Withnell's mare went lame. | |
| 13 | Cattle hunting at "Table Hill" & many miles mustered 32 head, & camped at "Darling Peak", suppose same cattle to be at lower run. | |
| 14 | Travelled thro, range, came out at Mt. Wellard & camped at sheep station near "King's Pyramid". | |
| 15 | (Sunday) moved traps, & sheep, after having found a splendid place with plenty of water & a great extent of green feed. Sheep doing well, about 100 lambs down, 5 dead, & 113 per cent with twins, spent the night at Pyramid Station. | |
| 16 | Called at Mount's on business (rams etc) & camped at "Sherlock River", "Rocket Pool". | |
| 17 | Followed river up about 5 ms. to "Lake Plenty" & on about 9 ms. country not being good returned to "Rocket Pool". | |
| 18 | Went down river about 20 ms, to springs & "Fish Pond". | |
| 19 | Continued down river on eastern channel struck across well grassed plain to coast. & inland to near "Hunt's Pass" & back to previous camp, found much good dry feed but no water all day, & sun blazing hot. |
