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Wednesday Novr. 15

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I have promised Cornish to send him one of those indelible pencils and one box of leads and he will send
me my flower seeds. I have also promised to send him the paper of the account of our trip. Further
appearance today of thunder storm. It seems that the summer rains have commenced for each evening about the same time
we get thunder and then rain. I find that the fine specimen of the bottle tree flower which I had pressed in this book
had become mildew and I had to throw it away but have particulars about it elsewhere. Kilfoyle busy in making
hen coup, Old Tom and Josey in putting up iron bound shed, Sid in doing nothing in particular and self
in sorting seeds and arranging things. Poulton at the other station at which we stopped was once partner with his father
as homeopathic chemist in Melbourne but quarrelled with father and came away.

Thursday

Left K.P.A. [Kimberley Pastoral Company] in the afternoon about 3.30 and travelled 23 miles
in north-westerly direction. Camped about nine o'clock or little before near small
water hole. Bilous very bad from water or different meat or from inactivity of labour.

Friday

Left last camp at about six party consisting of
nine white men and two black boys. McLarty, Pettit and Cornish of the Murray River Company
made up the number. Travelled until mid day adding about 22 miles.

Friday

Left camp in morning travelled
abt. 23 miles, then in afternoon
15 do. & no water so at abt. 11.00
travelled till 4 in 4 morning 15 miles
arrived at [indecipherable] & found was