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3 [Borngerra?]. 4 [Wonganja?], 5 [Gundakul is Condamine??]No 3 the Dr takes to be what he calls bottle tree creek in his [?]expidition - The Doctor undertakes to to the 22_ commenced ?? a book which I set apart formy collection of ?? and in which I ?? arrangethem as I pass them by. Thermometer sunrise 65noon 89, sunset - Killed another sheep. Charliescreek has risen considerably this last two days andthe Black fellow who has stayed with us this last fewdays this morning departed. I gave him an old pennypiece in which I had scratched his name together withthe initials of the doctor's and my own he seemed appearedto be highly pleased with it, it would appear to havebeen the first piece of money he had seen. He particularly desired us to follow the course as far aswe could and gestured his signs of the condamine until reachingone of the water courses which he had marked out to usbefore - He appeared to imply that by going to theN ? ? ? we should fall in with wild black fellowson going he particularly requested that Mr Mann and myself would accept of a similar [favour?] to the one made to us on their coming to our camp. he appeared tobe much hurt at our again refusing to accept if his offertook a stroll for a few miles and found several newleguminous plants as also a new stackhouseice and ? - the goats flesh appeares to not to agree withany of our party excepting the Dr and myself - causing?? in the horses - Nothing more heard of ourmissing mules and the Dr thinks ? if they are not foundprior to Mr Hely's returning eating and using this flour and sugar as fast as possible as we ?? themhave sufficient mules to take the ?? of the straystried burying meat unde ground as a preventative against fliesa suggestion of mine - we found smoking not an answer -23_ Took a Botanical stroll accompanied by Mr Mann to [relieve?]the tedium of my long sojourn here and collected someseeds of leguminous plants - this morning the Dr and myself[put by?] and arranged our first batch of specimens [agreeably?]to the natural system ?? my Botanical Journal _Therm - Sunrise 60 - noon 88 - Sundown flies/common houseand small sandflies ?? troublesome - 16 of our goats unable to go our to fee from footrot - all the party anxious to make a fresh start - ? The Dr and Mr Mann ride to ?? Lagoon and returnat 4 P.M. brining with them some rare speciesof Hibiscus, [Rodaceons ?? etc. I immediately [put?] themin the [prep?] - they speak of their journey as being through?? scrub from which they brought the specimensduring their ?? the creek had suddenly risen they had to swim their horses through it, Mr Manntook a sketch of our camping ground.another goat was killed. this is christmas eve and the Dr has promised us a first rate tapiocapudding for tomorrow. and as the Dr found onhis way to Kent Lagoon a duck nest of 9 eggs, ([exactly?] one for each of the party) we may calculate ? maycalculate upon having a first rate feed _ Thermoday break 60 - noon 82, Sundwon [78?] , altho eachmans allowance of [Bread?] is but the ???fat cake daily it is [gratifying?] to ?? ??
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