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[Crossed through - Saturday, Novr. 11th]

to Beagle Bay and some vessels are expected there with sheep. We have passed
about 7 miles from Forrest's tree marked 71 [indecipherable] (?) of [indecipherable] ground.
Had a good drink of vinegar for sake of health. One of seven fellows
at last station had been a chemist. There had been many sheep. McLarty has visited
a good deal of the country but says it is not country that Victorian or New South Wales
visitors would be inclined to judge favourably and requires judgement by Queenslanders.
My impressions I shall give hereafter. All black fellows about here have many cuts
horizontal on back and front, on breast and back, most have their nose perforated for pins,
wear their hair knotted top-knot and in this fashion carry their portable property. There are mostly
[indecipherable] and not allowed to marry till they're forty. About here they are the
worst looking lot of blacks I have seen no spirit in them. We shall not finish our
journey till we reach Beagle Bay so I suppose this will make us a week later.
Sid Emanuel and [indecipherable]. His knowledge of game awful.

Friday, Novr. 10th

We have about 7 miles from river to the south. At the Company's station
Old Tom and Jim Josey both wished to go on. The former because he is sick today
the latter because he thinks by staying here a week we may lose a chance of getting off.
I do not suppose we shall stir until next Thursday and then it will take us three or four days to get
to Beagle Bay. A lot of [indecipherable[ having killed [indecipherable] sheep of Patterson's
intended [indecipherable] brought their own spares under pretty [indecipherable] deals having