{page one} Mr James Cameron Island 23rd of March 1892 Fine Warm E Wind changed to West Rained snowed Last night Just a year since Bismarck went to Mr McCrimmons to work cleaning my old Gun as its rusty sawing stove wood 24th Fine Turned to snowing a Little warm Lewis Boy here for salt Butter and Tobacco Leander not well cutting stove Wood crows Plenty some snow Birds 25th Lady Day Fine Warm The Boys Killed the calf Gave it to the 2 Dogs sowing stove wood some Ducks and crows 26th John Hamiltons Cameron's B Day 1879 very Fine Day Tapt 30 Trees Gathered 5 Pails to night I went to Hamiltons as they are all sick Brought a Bottle of Wine Got a Doz of Herrings from Tom Got a Treat at Hamiltons Got a Pipe from Gordon Hugh Ann came Home John Morris and Mary Drove Down Mary Brought a nice Wire Bird-cage Gave them the Big cat we owe him 40 27th Fine Randolph here Martin here got the oars the Hunters took From their place {page two} Mr James Cameron Island 28th of March 1892 Fine in the sugar Bush cleaning around the Fireplace Tapt some took the Barrels up and some of the Pots cut some wood seen a Robin 29th Fine Went to Lewis's for our Handsleigh in the Bush got 103 Tapt now Began to Boil Have about 50 pail gather now Boiled about 30 pails to Day in the Pots Piling stove Stanley very sick in Bed 2 Hounds Running around here 30th Boiled what sap we had in syrup Left for tommorow to give it a Boiling after straining Gathered 22 pails to Day a very Fine Day E Wind some one shooting at the air hole at the Kit Kit Island cutting Wood and sawing seen a Blackbird 31st E Wind Fine Tapt 47 to Day got 55 Pails in the Barrels to night no Boiling to Day took the sticks of the ice where we cut the ice Wild Geese came a Few Days ago Leander got a Rat 1st of April all Fools Day in the Bush Fine E Wind very warm Boiling sap 2nd Fine E Wind changed to West Rained some Made 4 Gallons to Day Got a Duck on the ice Great Shooting at the airhole at the Kit Kit Blackbirds came cows crofsed to the Pit Point 3rd Fine E Wind First sugar Made about 70 lbs and a Feast on the snow ice opened at Francis Island Lots of Ducks