Up pretty early. Did the washing up after breakfast. B was harrowing all day – walked up and down with him for some time. Lay down most of the afternoon – head bad, worse in the evening. Irregularity of meal times seems to be one of the causes for my headaches.
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.
Blog note:
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