Frost (who he told us had died by the accidental discharge of a gun)
occasioned great regret.

February 5.

Having received an invitation from Lieutenant Gascoyne to accompany him
to the Victoria I availed myself of it, and had a pleasant sail down the
river and a short distance out to sea to where the vessel was stationed.
We arrived late in the evening and had the pleasure of meeting Captain
Norman and the officers.

February 6.

Today I had the good fortune to get Lieutenant Woods to assist me with my
work. He made a beautiful tracing from the sketch I had made to show my
route to the south-west. The sketch was made solely by dead reckoning. I
wanted to take notes from Mr. Walker's journal and chart of his route
from Rockhampton, but as he had told Captain Norman that no one was to be
allowed to do so, I was not permitted to make them. Having agreed with
Captain Norman to return to the depot tomorrow I was, having letters to
write and preparations to make for the next expedition, in a continual
bustle.

February 7.

I returned with Lieutenant Gascoyne to the Albert River depot.

February 8.

This was a busy day as we knew we were to abandon the depot in the