Mr James Cameron Island Feby 16 1878 Went acrofs took Hamiltons Brush home Bought of J Summers Darning neeld oil 17th Went Down to Kit Kit Island Gordon and Tommy Jack here 18th at home 19th at home 20th Drew some Drags went to Hopkins Ben {illegible}uya there 21st Jim and Charlie for the oxen Fixed shafts on the Jumper Brought Plough Whippletree Strap 22nd Drew some Wood Raining 23rd Drawing Wood Forgot to put Down the Rest of this month 1st of March Jim Hopkins To Lancaster for Boards 2ndJim Took the stove to Lancaster got 6 Tin pans Luke and Galerneau going to Lancaster for saw Dust Very Cold Stopt coming Back to Dinner E Wind Frosty 3rd Raining Gordon here 4th Waiting seeing if they were coming for hay Rob Baker 5th Got I Hamiltons Coat Went to Dundee Election in F Covington for Licquour Licence Bill Anonns Poorly took Dinner and Tea at D Suples Got a Fish from D Baker got a Ride Down from Charlie hopkins got some oil of Whiskey from Mrs Hopkins for my elbow 6th Ash Wednesday Got a Coat from Jim Jim went for a Load of saw Dust to Lancaster I went to Summerstown Bought Cotton Binding Brought Johns coat 7th chopping Drawing Wood 8th I went to Hopkins for the Pots got 2 some Potatoes Gordon came Left his axe Isacc Vipond crofsed with a horse Leading Behind ice Getting Bad 9th I crofsed up to Hamiltons the crack opening met me with Roses 2 pots Got flour & Meal from John Hamilton Bought 1/2 lb Tea very hard work to get Back ewnt around north {illegible} of {illegible} Island Jim McDougall here {illegible} sugar Bush to {illegible} {page two} Mr James Camerson Island March 10 1878 ice Jamming Down hens commenced to Lay Fine Day 11th Cold ice Going Down cutting Wood for the sugar Bush 12th fixing an ear for the Pot put a handle on 13th Raining snowing making cedar shorts 14th cutting soft maple for Troughs 15th Making Troughs Got over 40 made new some Trees Tapt a Fine Day for sap Got a cedar stick in the Bay on the ice 3 or 4 canoes Down of Indians for the first 16th first make of syrup made to Day 118 Tapt now made 2 Gallons to Day put out the canoe to Fish sturgeon St Battiance son sheared 1 at foot of Island to day went Down as far as the Kit Kit seen no fish 17th St Patricks Day East Wind Fine and cold 18th First Ploughing of sod found a nail in the mares hoof Fine Frost in the Ground 19th in the Bush Tapt some making Troughs 20th First Day of spring the Grays here made 6 lbs of Sugar 21st Tapping Gathering Boiling some Gordon and I crofsed heard old Mrs McLennan was Buried one of the oldest Residentery of Williamstown Got an Order from AJ Baker for 2 Dollars on I Summers Mr Geddes at J Hamiltons cold Raw Windy some Brought home John Hamiltons Bag Got some sturgeon oil on my elbow 22nd Livinias Birth Day sugaring Boiling Tapping 23rd Boiling Running well Captain Smallman Went to Lancaster I think he Lost his anchor to day high Wind First Trip 24th in the Bush snowing Blowing Freezing Cold 25th Windy Drifting and Fine I Forgot to put Down 26th John H Birth Day 1st of April All Fools Day Good Friday Henry Bosell here a Fine Day Windy Easter {illegible}