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Charlie came up him and ashley him and Lashey to the store Gordon and I fishing, got 5, found a hat on the water, Bought of Mr Harper for me. 1 bottle of R.R.Relief, 1/3 Mr Harper killing his pigs, the Bouquet in to Summertown and Dundee to day chartered for a day.

Sunday 29th, Charlie here, the Steamer Kingston went down lots of ice going down

30th Last day of April me very unwell Charlie here went home, 1 of the life boats went down and 2 Propellers, Dug a peice of ground behind the shed Lashey went fishing got 1 cat fish set 5 Traps tonight. The taking out at the Scow Light house today and Lit up Mr Hills light lit for the first time.

1st of May and fine day, Livinia and the baby Lashey went to Salmon River , Mrs. Morris came  Down with Gordon and Mary and I all alone planted the tobacco seed and cabbage seed behind the shed, got a duck and a Rat setting fire on the Grove and the back Marsh Feast for Gordon and Mary today at sugar 

2nd Lashey and me splitting rails sap running in ice going down three, more Lambs all dead

3rd very unwell, got a duck in the trap

th America went and one of her barges broke away from her near the Lighthouse, piling some of the troughs in the bush, Lashey went to Mr.Harpers, sent an order with him for 1/2 lb tea, 2/6 {cut off} powder, paper pins , 1 bottle of Radways 1/3 6 bunches matches - /3 1/2 Tobacco 1/ about 6/3 worth) Emmanuel here

5th Lashey making a sturgeon pen set his line, Grey cost the whippletree and trace chain and part of the big chain 2 lambs yesterday 1 to day the Black sheep

6th George Morriss here the old lady went home with him, i left home the pot a bottle of molasses bottle of vinegar a Vat of ashes 4 lbs sugar for the use of her pots the Emrefs into Lancaster from Below.

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Drew some rails setting out fires, Emprefs into Lancaster going down planting seed onions potatoes onions

8th put out manure let out the 3 sheep with the lambs, Thomas Munro stayed all night on the island got lost in the fog

9th Thomas came back to the house very early Lashey crofsed with fish to sell, Working in the garden but out caraway plants cabbage stocks for seeds, beets for seeds very unwell

10th George Morris came to plough first ploughing this afternoon before the door Planted about a 100 hills g corn before the old house door putting hen manure on the garden,

11th George Ploughing Jimmy Bone and I went to the Mr Harpers with the Pot and about 11 lb or 10 1/2 say of sugar for Pay for the Pot and strainer cloth Bought of Mr Harper 1/2 11 tea 2/3 1/2 soda 2 yds for Gordon. 8 yds of cotton at 1/- 8/- 1/- cash for seeds 2 papers onions 1 of carrots at a Summers I Dozen of Herring 1/3 (Broom Forgots this that 17/4 seen S Ladnack came Down with us

12th Grey Ploughing some shadrack crofsed with Gordon to Salmon River took my Canoe Launched the Long Canoe Lashey to St Annicet ticks Plenty shep Losing their {illegible} on the Bushes very much Got a cedar stick on the Water Bouquet Down with a Raft in Tow

13th Sunday Raining and Windy Lashey came from St Annicett

14th Took George and Mary Ann Bone came had Grain 2 Bushels 1 Bushel of Pease of Oats Drew some of the sticks to the Front of the old House Dug some in the Garden Livinia Marking out some of the Beds

15th George Began to Plough Down on the ground cutting some of the Brush Went with Lashey Line wind high Livinia sowed onions Lashey Getting Sturgeon a Going and Towing of them commenced to Rain to night took the most of the Wool of our Little sheep as it is to her not very well to Day James Hopkins here for the scow First Trip up for the SalaBerry Lashey Preparing his Fish for Montreal Jim Hopkins taking cattle to A{illegible} Island