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Mr James Cameron Island

30th of March 1887 Fine Cold Killed an otter Bismarck Leander Fernandez John and Myself had a hard chase after him with the 2 Dogs Feine and Rovre Length from Tip to Bend of Tail 3 Feet 8 inches

31st crofsed to Summerstown to Show them all and there was a Lot seen him Bought of J Summers 3 yds Calico 30 Rain Lamb

1st of April All Fools Day Made a Board for the otter to put on Mr Ward and Mr Lincoln here offered 6..50 sold 16 Rats 2..40 Mr J McDougall here at night for Butter

2nd Bismarck got 2 Loads of straw at McDougalls Gordon Boselll for Milk I sent a Letter to Narcisse Charon

3 Bought of Mr Ward 1/2 lb Tobbaco 12 Leander took Dinner at Nicholsons ice opening close to shore at the shanty

3rd Palm Sunday Fine 8 Wild Geese on the ice Robins Blackbirds Hawk came

4th Ducks came Grass birds Tom Jack and Gordon here Bismarck Drew 2 Loads of Hay from J McDougalls 1/4 of Ton Good Weight Fine

5th snowing cold Flurries of snow seen 5 cranes

6th Fine W Wind Gale in Cornwall of Tom Summer's Farm to Day Drawing Wood snow Deep in the Bush Some one Drawing Ice out from Tyo's o Day

7th Fine W Wind Maunday Thursday Thawing Freezing cutting Brush Taking snow of the Butternut Log crust 4 Feet of snow in the Bush

8th Good Friday McDougalls Boys came home with the Ram in the Brush for the cows putting Brush on the Fence Pewits came Fan-Tailed Blackbirds came

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Mr James Cameron Island

9th of April 1887 Fine Day Thawing a Few Drops of Rain this morning the Boys Tapped 25 Trees for the first Francis the Indian here came up from Lancaster he sowed Hayseed on the Sturgeon Island and I sowed it Last spring took some of the Sugar Bush Rigging to the Bush tapped 25 Trees

10th Easter Sunday Fine W Wind Bismarck went to Hamiltons for the Papers

11th First Boiling in the Bush 16 Pails 3 or 4 Indians came to Christees to hunt

12th E Wind Fine Bismarck crofsed to Summertown Bought of J Summers 22 yards of Cotton 1..50 Thread 25 Tea 25 Bought of Mr Ward 1/2 lb of Tobacco 12 1/2 seen a Man crofsing up the ice on Horseback Drew Old Gray Down to the Lower Point on the ice Drawing wood at the Door seen 2 Wild Geese

3rd E Wind Fine but Raw seen a Man coming to Christees Boys in the Bush Boiled what they gathered yesterday {cut off} Gallons of syrup gathered to night 22 pails Taking the Banking out of the cookhouse put one of the sheep in the stall in the stable Quilting to Day water high ice Bad close to shore no Ducks to Day Yellow Hammers came cutting Brush for the Cows Hens commenced to Lay had Last Years Eggs for Easter Sunday and has Last Years syrup yet

14th ice Began to open at Sturgeon Island Drawing Stove Wood to the Door Drew some Manure a Lamb to Day East Wind Fine the {cut off} Boys in the Bush Making Syrup Leander and Bismarck

15th in the Bush Fine E Wind ice opening very slow not much shooting

16 Fernandez and I to the Head of the Island up through the Bush snow Deep came down on the ice Foggy E Wind Rain changed to W Wind took home 2 1/2 Gallons of Syrup John and Fernandez made a cake of sugar a peice Lots of Ducks in at the Little Island a strip opening up