Friday May 29th Rode out to the racecourse lagoon & from thence to the long tunnel. I then took him to the blacksmith�s shop & had his shoes taken off for the winter and then turned him out into the paddock.
Saturday May 30th Shot two bears up in the paddock and brought them home in a sack which deed made me perspire profusely.
Sunday May 31st Skinned my bears in the morning & went to church in the evening.
Monday June 1st Drove out to Salisbury a distance of 18 miles so we had a long drive of 36 miles
Tuesday June 2nd Went up to the paddock and cut two native cats out of a log. One Judy killed after a long fight & the other we brought home in a sack for the pup �Wass� to experiment on. It got away and ran up a slender tree of about 12 ft high. I climbed up after it& dislodged it when Wass managed to kill it but it was so badly mauled about that the skin was not good so I let the dogs have it to play with.
Wednesday June 3rd Drove out to Salisbury again the scenery is magnificent from the top of the hills and �the plains� are beautiful.
Thursday June 4th Skinned a variegated parrot which we caught up in the paddock
Friday June 5th Drove out to Salisbury again. Percy came home quite unexpectedly in the middle of the morning.
Saturday June 6th Went out for a long walk out into the bush. Saw several kangaroos but could not get near them.
Sunday June 7th Stopped at home the whole day. Drove out to Descous in the evening.
Monday June 8th 16 degrees of frost last night, the the sharpest night since I have been here.
Tuesday June 9th Percy went away last night by the 7.15 train bound for Glen Innes
Wed June 10th Drove out to Salisbury.
Thursday June 11th Today is the first rain we have had since I have been up here.
Friday June 12th Dr Mallam from Armidale came here and drove out to Salisbury with the Doctor to see this case that he has out there. It rained heavily without intermission the whole day & night
Saturday June 13th Washed the buggy because it was in such an awful mess after yesterdays travelling.
Sunday June 14th My last Sunday here went to church in the evening. Fine weather again.
Monday June 15th Rained heavily all day. The creek was quite a torrent. I went out in spite of the rain and cut through the arm of a tree that was lying in the water so as to let it go down with the water.
Tuesday June 16th Packed up my skins & luggage ready for tomorrow.
Wednesday June 17th Went off by the 10.45 a.m. train and got into Newcastle at 11 p.m.
Mrs Woods May & Miss Gissing came & saw me off. Got on board �the Maitland� at Newcastle & arrived in Sydney at 4.30 a.m., where I got a cab and drove down to Central Wharf where the �Derwent� is now lying.
Thursday June 18th Got on board at 5 a.m. and was just in time for �turn to�. Went up to see Herby in the evening. It was raining heavily the best part of the day.
Friday June 19th Herby came down in the afternoon to the vessel & after going all over it we went up into the town for a stroll.
Saturday June 20th Went to the Theatre Royal to see the �Silver King� and very good it was too.
Sunday June 21st On gangway duty all day so did not get a chance to go ashore.
Monday June 22nd Rained all day & so we took it easy & did no work at all.
Tuesday June 23rd Same as yesterday.
Wednesday June 24th Left off raining in the middle of the day so we set to work once more.
Thurs June 25th Went ashore in the evening and saw my cousin.
Friday June 26th Captain gave two or three of us leave to take the gig; so we went for a row round to the botanical gardens.
Saturday June 27th Washed down decks and got done early so we got the afternoon to ourselves to go ashore for a whirl.
