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James Cameron Island

15th of April 1902 Fortunate Day Working at the Barn Set Fire to the Front Marsh Last night very Bad with {illegible}orns

16th Fortunate Day very Fine Day Ploughing the piece in Front of the Old house {torn away} at the Well

{torn away}ws all in Where the stacks

{torn away}went to the Lower Point

{torn away} Renshaw here for chicken as Lilly is very Poorly Piling up Boards sticks and Rubbish the Boys crofsed to Summerstown go a Letter From Mr John D McBain and old Friend and Schoolmate from the Williamstown School Taught By Alexander McLeod a Good teacher and a Large number of Schollars Mr McBain is Going on his 83rd year and Writes a splendid hand for a Man of that age sight Good as ever and True Friend to his Maker and his church

17th a very Fine Day Ploughing the 2 Girls crofsed took Eggs

2 Girls crofsed Bought Garden Seed

{torn away}ly Renshaw very Poorly

{torn away} Rained some

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James Cameron Island

2nd 1902 Just 8 years to Day since Bismarck Left here to got Brittish Columbia St Agathanese Day very Fine Working at the Soap the Hamilton went Down Alexandra went up a Tug went Down Ploughing sowing Harrowing Found a pipe sawed some in at the Garden

3rd Fortunate Day some Rain Fernandez crofsed Spink McLean Gordon Fernandez went to Fort Covington to night Bought ----- came home about 2 o clock the Steamship the Hepurn went up this morning

4th Sunday Spink and John H here Rained some an Indian passed here Hugging close to the Shore {three lines blacked out}

Leander and Gordon crofsed to night

5th the Foggy Cloudy Fernandez crofsed Writing a Letter to someone I cut crutches for the Soap one for Sawdust one went acrofs brought a Post card Pets Animals