The Jockeys Or
Riders Were Told Forthwith That A Waggon Was Going Into Town The
Following Morning, And That Their Services Would Be Dispensed With
In Future.
Just as we were going to bed we heard A - - coming in,
and with him a stranger who turned out to be our cousin, only
fifteen days out from England, _via_ Canada.
He looks very
delicate.
_Saturday_. - We had made no preparation for E. P - - last night, so he
had to occupy the "parlour" sofa, and says he slept like a top;
doubtlessly did not require much rocking, as he had travelled through
almost without stopping. We were busy all this morning writing letters
for the discharged miscreants to take into town. It has been very hot
and close all day. I, rode up to the tent, and hurried home, seeing a
thunder-storm coming up, which was grand; and it was very lucky that I
got home, as it began to rain at 3 o'clock, and is still pouring in
perfect torrents at 10 o'clock P.M.
_Sunday_. - The yard is in such a fearful state of dirt, and the water
standing inches deep, that it has been nearly impossible to move
beyond the door. I put on A - - 's long waterproof boots, and managed
to get as far as my hen-house, and found two of my chickens dead.
Another sitting hen has been a source of great anxiety, as she
will peck her chicks to death as they hatch, and out of a sitting
of eleven eggs we have only been able to save five birds.
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