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Published: January 27th 2011January 2nd 2011
Doc and I walked over to P immediately after breakfast. Started to make something for the Cressy bazaar – a blotting pad on a new style of decoration, ferns and Indian tuk. After dinner, we all intended going over to C but it began to rain heavily till about 5 o'clock when Mrs Lever and a Miss Wright drove up, so we had to put off our visit. Had music in the evening. Went to bed early on account of headache.
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This diary is being kept during my voyage to Australia and back which I am undertaking for the benefit of my health and as a cure (light and inexpensive) for headaches.
I left England on Thursday 18th April 1878.
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