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Mr James Cameron Island March 12th 1872

On this Day of the Month D MMaster first came to the Island East Wind Cold William Chopping the Big Beech its awful the crofsing there is those Days to Salmon River to Mill Seen a Rabbits Track on the Island the first I seen this Winter

13th I went to Summerstown took A Kenneth the Book the Queen's Travels Through Scotland went to Peter Grants to see if I was going to Get his Pot to make Sugar Bought of AJ Baker 1/2 Dozen of White handled Knives 5/- Got 23 cents cash Comforter 60 cents crossed to Salmon River With a Smallman he has a Load of Flour from the Depot George Renshaw came along with us Got a Bottle from Tyo a Treat at Suple 10 cents paid went to Mr Granges and to Matthews to Look at there cooking stoves George and I walked to Hopkins got a Ride from there to Renshaws stopt at Georges all night

14th seen 2 Foxes on the ice at Jacobs Island Bought of AJ Baker Pork Butter Cotton 1 yd Thread matches Cups & saucers 1/2 Doz Plates Binding sundries Got a Ride Down from Moses Gave William an order for 18/- the cheese Factory Burnt in Bombay on the night of the 12th seen the fire the Bush Looking at the Bottom of the Piles

16th Drew some Pondews and a Load of Wood

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Mr James Cameron Island March 17th 1872

St Patricks Day Sunday a Fine Day seen a Fox coming acrofs into the Bush snowed some tonight and Blowing

18th Alex Roy and Donald Roy here for Marsh hay the Roads was too Bad for them to take any William and Henery here took the shoe off the Horse Writing a Letter to Charlie Drifting some

19th East Wind snowing some turned very fine I crofsed to Post Office with the Letter and a Paper to Charlie Got Postage stamps Bought a shovel 6/3 got 1/3 for Tom Summers Sundries 15 cents turned very stormy from the West very very stormy it must be a Touch of the Equinoxical Gales Peter Buchanan Went to Lancaster for Janet Pete Grant and George took over from Hopkins William McLeods Bull John Carey hiring 2 Indians to chop this is the Last Day of Winter and a stormy Day it is

20th This is the First Day of Spring very cold and stormy Reading the Canada Scotsman 4 of them and cold to night William Got 3..30 From AJ Baker cut 4 1/2 Cords

21st William and Henery here to Day told he got an Order for 4 1/2 yesterday putting the Marsh hay of the West mow to the East Mow

22nd Gave William an order Gave them an order for 18/- and Gave him an order for myself to Get 100 lb Flour 17/6 1/2 bus Salt 1/3 Gal Mollass 50 cents

23rd William Brought me those things from the store Gave William 1/2 Doz of Herrings