1862 Mr James Cameron Island June 25th Fishing Set the Line 20 {illegible} on Bill here and Abe and Lukes Boy 26th Cutting Roads in the Bush hoeing the Potatoes in the garden 27th Drew some Drags in the Bush to clean the Road the colts Bad set some Brush heaps a Fire 28th Fishing Blackbirds beginning to Flock Strawberries some Ripe John McElvian & John Dunn here Fishing A Great Many Boats and Rafts a going now Fixing the Waterlog Sunday 29th Went to see Munnings Storehouse at Christees Seen Davidson Jacop there A Raft of sawlogs going Down got 50 F Rafters or scantling 30th Drew up the scantling Last Day of June 1st of July Drawing some of the cord wood 2nd Christee here Grinding his scythe & axe got the Loan of the crofscut saw 3rd Drawing in the Bush 4th American Independence 5th Our Johns Birth Day Peter Cold Left his ine & Jack here Lent him a Paddle Lavinia sick Drawing wood in the Bush {illegible} Finished very warm 6th Sunday Bill & Elton Cambell & Elizabeth here Liz stopt 7th I went to Nicholsond for the churn Lent George the spoon went to Christees with them about the hay Lashey Tom & Joshua Bordeaux came to Fish we went to Morris's Bill got Married got a new certificate Bought of Buchanan 1 lb Tea 5/- 1 lb candles 1/- Tumbler -/6 8th came home Donald McDonald Rob Summers Dug {blotted out} Isaac B{cut off} Fishing 9th Rain cleaning up stairs Lashey {illegible} for his fish Jim Hopkins & John B{cut off} {second page} Turn over 16 Leaves the same as the top part of this Island Mr James Cameron July the 12th 1862 Orangemens Day Boats going Minty Berries Plenty Currants Ripe corn silken out a Week ago Sunday the 13th Lavinia & I to the Berries picked a pail near full Lashey from Lancaster had a hooker 14th Drawing Wood till 12 oclock Went to Williamstown took out the Wood 12 lbs Berries Knife stone got our Knife took Grannys Wood to sell 15th the Red Boy came with me Laura Bob & Tot Mill here at Berries 16th Nicholsons took away there Rum Laura started turned Back 17th I went to Summerstown Allen too took 3 Bushel of Ashes 1/10 1/2 Bought of Mr Watson Levi Moore Smallman had a Lunge Weighing 27 lbs stopt all night 18th Went of Gave me 7 york shillings I went to Salmon River paid the Letter in the P.O. Bought of Congdon 1 lb salts -/6 hoarhound candy -/3 bought of P Buchanan 1 spade -/1 1/2 Quire of Paper -/6 2 lb sugar 1/2 Hat -/3 Bought of D Baker 8 lbs of Swamp Lime -/4 1/2 To Treat of Wind at Normans -/7 1/2 1 1/2 for Gum got 2 irons for sleigh from Mr Morris took a cat old Mr A Cameron here 19th Cleaning the Pigs put them out a Great Many Boats Going the River Bill & Bob here at night Fishing Left their Pine 20th Nicholsons here I & Allen went to Christes with them Allen & I to Charlies got a Large Pike sold it to Sanderson a Boy with 1 arm from a Raft sold my Line & spoon 2/5 Mary Birch Maggie Roy Mis Grant here at Berries Gave Bill and Bob some Poison to Poison Dogs as they said a Great many onthe Berries Rain hard Last night East Wind 21st East Wind high a great many Rafts at anchor 22nd Ellen James Hugh Came Mr Morris & the Wife {illegible} on the Little Island William Bero Indian