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Mr James Cameron Island April 26th 1872

setting Fires on the Pitt Point shot a Rat set 27 Traps for the first I set this spring Fishing EEls at Christees Got 7 Lashey here fishing EEls Gave him some sugar for old Mrs Bosell Gave him a stave to make Paddles for himself Making Mollasses William Frosty nights high Wind to Day a Great Deal of shooting

27th high North Wind setting fires around the Banks shot a Duck a Great Distance of got up after a While and Flied away Letting spotty out to Feed in the Daytime Keeping in the Heifer and Bull and the sheep made 3 Gallons to Day of Mollasses Livinia not well all the children Bad with the cold clearing away around the Door yard Great Fires in the Marshes now Froze Hard tonight

28th a Fortunate Day all the Children went to the Sturgeon Island a Great Lot of Geese and Ducks at the East end of the Island Found a Grose Egg on the North East end of our Island

29th Went to AJ Bakers took 13 lbs of sugar at 12 1/2 1 Muskrat 1/3 1/2 lb Tea 6 yds of Linsey 2 1/2 yds of Cotton Thread Tobacco 1 lb nails matches called at John Hamiltons got some of the Earley Roses to Plant and some of the Goderich and a Bag of Long Johns Bought of J Grant 1/2 Bushel of Lime 10 cents AJ Baker Measuring and weighing his stock the 3 Viponds there Nicholsons Putting up their Barn on John Summers's Place I got another tub from AJ Baker to put the Lime in Y Camerons Daughter Poorly William Gathering sap for Vinegar But as I cant Furnish him with a Barrel he is Going to make Mollasses made 20 lbs of sugar by Boiling the Mollasses over

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Mr James Cameron Island April 30th 1872

Planting 14 hills of Potatoes near the Back Marsh Made 2 1/2 Gallons of Mollasses for the Last Paid William and settled with him all about the sugar took home the Pots and Barrells from the Camp shot a Rat East Wind Began to Dig the Garden Let out the Cows and sheep

1 of May St Phillips and St James Day Fixing the Garden Fence Digging in the Garden Gordon and I went to the Sturgeon Island Kitt Kit Island Gull Island Lizard Island Rofs's or Snake Island and from there to Charlies or Butternut Island East Wind Came home commenced to Rain Wind changed to West Got some Fat Pine Mr Hills Light Lit up to night Shot a squirrel on the Old Chimney

2nd crofsed to Summerstown speaking to J Hamilton told me Allen McDonnell sold his Team of Horses Charlie Rose went to the Boat Yesterday Brought Mrs Spinks Pot home sold my Rat to Vipond only wanted to pay me 20 cents but that is no go got 25 Bought 2 Hats 20 cents 2 Plugs of Tob 9 cents 1 Box of matches 1 cent AJ Baker and his Going to Y Camerons Daughters Funeral Wind high hard Rain got all wet coming home Got a Paper from Charlie the St Helens and a Propeller went Down for the first Began to Dig the Back Garden Finished Digging Dan McGreggor here about his Colts Gave him a canoe and Paddle Light up in all the light houses tonight I thought I heard Thunder to Day very sore with my Feet not many Ticks yet some