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plants set out yesterday (most of them) doing verry well
Self My General health is still improving I am living upon a vigi-
table & Milk & bread diet and has been for near 2 months I
think I am mending The most of medicine I take is Calcine
Magnecea & assafidity for the cholick which I have more or less
every day. My breast is much better

1867 June Th 13 (Continued) The Morning is cloudy calm & warm We are working in our little garden. Margaret rode the black Mare & Lorra behind
Margaret went} her to Town & in going the rain caught them near town & they got a witting they came back at night. I was verry much
Rain confined to the yard & gardin It rained at 10 oclock a verry
pretty showed for about 1/2 hour livened up our garden done a
little good not a season All hands are trying to work some
of them sees that there runing so much to Town has throwed them
Work much behind in their Crops. We have lost our Bugga or Monkey
Monkey Rench } Rench, can't find it yet I think it is gone.

Fri 14 The morning is a little cloudy Warm & calm. We are trying
Shelling Corn Meal bag } to get some Corn shelled Our Meal bag is out of place After hunting some time all round we found out that Richard had it
& it was at the Mill

William William did not git home last night dont know what kept him.
Meal The last Meal we got was 31st May it has lasted 15 days, 2 or
3 days longer than usual. We got it at Neeleys Mill it was verry fine Meal
We will send in the morning to Steam Mill 2 1/2 bushels