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Mr James Cameron Island June 18th 1872

Gordon Livinia and I went to the Kit Kit Trowling Found a Paddle hoeing some Fired 2 shot at a Loon

19th Went to Fort Covington Bought of Mr Crippin 1 sack of Flour 1 Bar of soap 1/2 lb Tea took 2 Tennets of Butter to the storehouse for him sent some sweetys to the children sold 15 Bottles to John Tyo Bought 1/2 lb Tea 1 plug of Tobacco 2 Glasses 8 cents a lb Bought 2 Bowls 12 cents 2 hats 30 Ribbon 21 lb salt Fine 1 1/2 cents a lb 2 Treats at Suple took Dinner at Donald Suples Sandy Brown There Gave Lis children some cents the Barge Shamrock in to Fort Covington very heavy thunder Lightning Raining Broke my Jar

20th First Day of Summer a very very warm Day the Raftmen came Gave me 3 Dollars Gordon Randolph and I went Trowling to the squaw Island Found some Fat Pine Got 2 staves in the Bottom hoeing a Little Killed the Black Hen as she crows most awful Fat Fixing oars the heifer a Little ugly to milk Grubs playing the Devil in the Garden and Potatoes

21st Friday Fishing Down to Rankins mill to see Boards Got the Loan of my Boat to go Down a Picnic on the Town on the Little Sturgeon Island shoal seen a very Large Maskinonge

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Mr James Cameron Island 1872