October ____, 1841.
As arranged, Mr. Dutton wanted to go to town today and take me in with Mr. Biddle, but he didn't show up, but came the following morning.

October 17th, 1841. Sunday.
I wanted to ride with Mr. McDonald to see [Mr.] White today, but again I couldn't catch my pony, so I stayed at home.

October 18th, 1841.
At midday I managed to get hold of my horse, rode away at two o'clock and was at Dutton's before sunset.

October 19th, 1841.
At 8 o'clock the discovery party was in the saddle, consisting of McDonald, Dutton, Barnard, the two Whites and myself. Dutton wanted to show us the good land he had recently found, but could not find it for a long time and thus lost us a lot of time. Towards the afternoon we rode west through several miles of bush, and just as it was getting dark we came into some open valleys and onto water.

October 20th, 1841.
We continued our north-westerly course for a few hours ( 097 ), hoping to reach the good land of Putye*, described by the natives, around Lake Malatta*, which we had seen from a hilltop the previous morning; but as we saw nothing but bushes before us, we turned back towards the green hills to the south-west of us, and there found the good land discovered by Dutton, which is cut through by a stream running to the north-west. From here we rode eastwards to the lowlands on the east coast, passed along a beautiful valley running north-east and containing several salty depths, and then took a straight easterly direction, hoping to get over the hills into the lowlands before evening. But these were still too far and the hills were overgrown with thick bushes, so we were happy to come across a small valley where we found no water, but some grass for our horses.

October 20th, 1841.
Presumably the calculation of the price for the subsequent land sale
1 a 8£ 12 price for 1 acre of land.
20 20 shillings equals one pound sterling
172 when multiplied equals the sum of shillings
22 Number of plots in acres
172 x 22
344 172 x 22 = 3784
344
3784
20 / 3784 sum of acres divided by 20 shillings equals
189 -- 4 the selling price for the land in pounds and shillings
20 30 remaining balance of £30