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the herd were quiet, & well worked on my arrival there in Aug. 1887. Mr Witt was almost blind when he left, & tho only a middle aged man he died from the heat in the RED SEA about 18 months after on his way to England. He should have been in the navy, as he was very fond of the sea. Before Mrs Witt died they used to go to Sydney every year for the Lord Mayors Ball. Mr Roe was in charge till the end of 1889. He worked the cattle well, but the place was not run on business lines, & here is an example of what he considered a days work. We mustered the SOUTH side of the 3 MILE, & it being a good season most of the cattle were on what is now know as BOBIBERIM ( R. MACDDONALD'S) onto the 3 Mile Camp. Drafted & branded the calves next day. Next day we mustered the REED BEDS ( six of us) all we got were six calves to brand, & two cows that required their horns cutting off.

 

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