Friday, April 25th

A morning fine, sunny and calm. Sent a load of timber to the Island and went with Willy and a load of palings. Andy engaged on the first partition—for the servants' rooms. The chimney just being gathered in, making a show of hearth inside. Henry and I went up the bay to see what more firewood had been cut, and found that not a single more stick had been added to that already paid for; though the lying rascal had told me that five more cords were ready. Supped and spent the evening with Mountfort. The wind has sprung up strong to S.W. with promise of rain in the night.