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{first page} Mr James Cameron Island 26th of Nov 1886 Sawing stove Wood W Wind snowed some Drew some Flat stones to the stable a Tug came up to night and a Boat came up to the Bohemian aground yet 27th South West Wind snowing Drifting no Boats to Day Bohemian aground yet sawing Wood I Think the Bohemian got of 28th snowing Blowing Thawing Raining 29th cold soft Raining at night sawing wood plastering 30th St Andrew's Day the Festival of the Scotch E Wind Freezing some T Jack and Gordon here took my Papers and a Letter from Dan with 2 in it Lost my Money Firing in St Andrew's a Man Making a Blend at Christees sawing stove Wood Tried to set Fire to the Marsh wont Burn Tom and Gordon Looking for the Drowned Men had St Andrews for them Rowena not well with her Head no Boats Running to Day Lights Lit up yet 1st of December Snowed Last night Drifting W Wind made a stick for sawhorse Lights up yet no Boats to Day no Light on cherry Island to night 2nd Windy Freezing no Lights up to night John H and I to the North side of the Island Cold some Windy sawing Stove Wood the Hay on the Barn Floor Done to Day 3rd Cold Frosty Windy Making Ice in the Back Bay Killed the old Duck as something Broke her Leg sawing Wood the White Owl Flying about 4th Frosty W Wind sawing stove wood took the Preserves honey syrup in from the milkhouse some ice going Down Leander got a Rat Rowena Knitting to Day the White Owl Flying about 5th Reading cold Frosty 6th Festival of the Germans Frosty cold Fine St Nicholas Day {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 7th Dec 1886 Frosty moved the Double stove cold 8th Killed the Heifer Fine Day warm snowed Wind changed to West 9th Fine E Wind a Fine Day a Big Gathering in Alexandria 4 Big speakers there for D MM Bought of J Summers Flour 1..25 Cottonade 50 RRR 5 Pain Killer 25 Soda 10 oil 30 paid this got 2 pipes at Nicholsons got my mail ice Froze into Summerstown Left our Boat at Hamiltons Lighthouse got my GunMole From Gordon 10th Leanders Birth Day Bismarck and I went to A Tyos Fine wind Raised high had a good sail home Bought of A Tyo a pint of HW 40 cents paid a Treat 10 A Tyo Fixing the Road in the Marsh Moving some of the hay from the East side of the Mow to the West side soft to Day Rain 11th some Rain soft Drew the stack in the Back Marsh W Wind Fixed the Black Cherry wine put the Barrels in the sehd Leander got 2 Rats the White Owl Flying around a yacht on the other side of Alexis Island with her sails up at anchor 2 Men EEl Fishing at Christees Rowena not very well Made a Lot of ice But Broke up 12th E Wind Cold 13th E Wind Raining Bismarck went to Hamiltons for the paper got a Basket of Apples for Rowena put out Narcifses Bun Leander and i went to try for EEls 14th Cold Windy snowed some sawed the Butt of Basswood sawlog on the Pitt Point shot at the White Owl Fixing the saw 15th Cold Frosty turned the 2 Boats cutting Brush a mock sun on the East side of the sun splitting stove Wood a Yacht on the South side of the Alexis Island got a Rat got a squirrel in the trap