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was very sick, and wished myself at home again, the other man was sick like me for he had hurt his Leg & was not able to walk, Wilson was well & Hearty
distance 24 Miles
January 30th,
Course WSW
The Country still Rockey & Scrubby we fell in with the Head of a River, very near as large as the Hawkesbury River, which seemed to run from NW to SE, the banks were so steep we could not get down them, the other side seemed open, but the banks very steep. Wilson proposed making a Canoe, but the other Man & myself were so faint & tired, having nothing to eat but two small Birds each, we were afraid to venture on the other side of the River for fear we should not be able to procure any thing to subsist on, like wise our Shoes was gone & our feet were very much bruised with the Rocks so that we asked Wilson to return.
distance 16 Miles
February 1st - Course SE b E
About 7 Miles Walk we fell in with many Meadows with scarce any trees upon them, for near two Hundred Acres altogether, the Hills also very thin of Timber