{page one} White swallow White swallow Mr James Cameron Island 24th of July 1882 Francis and Wife here Monday Putting in Mowing Windy Cucumbers plenty Potatoes some 25th St James The Apostle's Day Went to Dundee a Fine Day Windy 24 lbs of Butterand 8 Doz of Eggs Bought of Smallman Flour 1..90 Salt 80 Tea 35 Matches 10 3 yds of Tweed 87 1/2 8 yds of Calico 64 Buttons 10 Tobacco 5 54 lbs of Corn meal of Is Lemay and 1 lb of Tea 1..26 cents for credit Tobacco 7 Soda 8 Bought of Mr Long Tobacco 5 pipe Bought of Burdo Stone 10 To 1 Pint of Whiskey 10 Salts 10 Races in Lancaster Tyo's horse and Grey Charlie Tyos Gained the Race high Wind coming home took Dinner at Luke's stopt on Alexis Island as we take in Water 26th Putting in 160 cocks in now Mowing 27th Mowing St Joseph of Arimathea's Day Warm 28 Mowing Thunder Rain Lightning Great many Boats a Going and Lots of Towing those Days Lots of Ducks in Flocks and its very early for them to Flock Dans Gordon Douglas Buried to Day at Williamstown Burdo in the Berries got Bread 29th Narcisse Wife came to Day taking an odd Mefs of Potatoes 30th Garfield and McAllister here got 50 cents for cooking For Them James McDougall Mrs McDougall and Mifs Caty McDougall here 31st Mowing 1st of Aug or Lammas Day The Cows Milked to Day By some one 2 Mon{cut off} Jim McDougall Jane McDougall Annie Mr Dr and Elizabeth Chisholm here put out the stick of Timber Minnies Birth Day 3rd Narcifse wife and Boys went of to Montreal Francis Girl here with 2 Basket 2 lbs of Butter 4th Mowing 5th very warm Burdo here for a Box that Narcisse took up for him 6th Randolph's Birth Day 1867 a very very very warm warm Day John H & Leander and I went to Christees Island 3 Thieves going around 7th Mowing Raining Bill Morris and Bush Looking for 3 ment that stole 250 Dollars from a widow woman Raining {page two} Mr James Cameron Island 8th of August 1882 Mowing 9th at Hay 10th Mr Heron & Hopkins here Fishing 11th crofsed to Summerstown Gave J Summers 4 Dollars to my account Bought Linsey Thread Tea Pot RRR stone Fork Rake Tobacco Bought of Mr Ward Paid Oil Hops Cloves Broom Paid Worm Candy Tax paid Mr Ward this to 5 1/2 Doz of Eggs Windy Rained some stopt at Hamiltons Rode Down with Tom at the Light house a spell with the Rain 12th Mowing Wood Roy and Indian here Bought 2 Baskets from his Girls Babcock & Mullen here Fishing Winday 13th Mr Genie here Brought me 2 or 3 lb of Tea and 20 lbs of Barley Gordon and Tommy Rose here took his pants to be made 14th 2 Men Fishing that came up with the men 15th Mowing 16th 1 of those men went off 17th Rained very very hard wind cold 18th Finished mowing Lower Point Fine cold not well got a channel cat from Phillip Gathering 19th Mr John Morris came up putting in hay Burdo got his Lines Stole Bismarcks Birth Day 1870 Mr David Baker here and Robinson stopt all night 20th Mr Baker went off Mr Morris here corn good to Eat 21st Went with Mr Morris and Narcifse over to Frashers he went to Dundee took the Road and came Back by Boat Bosells put him acrofs mowing 22 Mr Morris Phillip and I crofsed to Frashers met Mr Baker had Breakfast on the small Island out From Frashers and a Drop of good stuff of Gin came home Mowing 23rd Mr Morris and Phillip and I seized on 3 Men in a Boat Liddle McLaurin Wageant Let them go Raining they Promised to come down but did not come