March

Mar. 1.
Sunday. Major Petrie, Capt. Whitelocke, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, Anderson, Gordon and several other friends dined with us this day, ands we had a very agreeable Party. —

I have given directions to have a quantity of Cajans nearly Fifteen Thousand prepared and made for covering in my Houses previous to the setting of the Monsoon. — My other works and repairs on my Houses are nearly finished.

Source
Macquarie, Lachlan. Journal No.3: 29 December 1794 – 27 September 1799.
Original held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
ML Ref: A769 p.17 [Microfilm Reel: CY299 Frame #395].