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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 June 23rd 1872

Sunday a Fine Day 4 People in a Boat here from the south side its Mr Murchison that comes once every summer and his Boy and some other Boys with him sold him a canoe to come for it next Sunday heard from them Big John McRae in Williamstown was Dead

24th St John the Baptist Day Found a Canoe Great Shooting the Boat Manitoba a Pleasure Trip to Day Fishing on the shoals for EEls John Parisha Got the Loan of my Boat to Go Down for his Boards came as far as here with 1/2 of them had to Leave the rest on an Island Got some Bread Butter and Sugar Matches Gave me 4/- Cash went Back after the Rest of his Boards and took them home

25th John Parisha came home with my Boat told me about Viponds being taken Prisoner for Buying the stolen Boat and finding it in John Hamiltons Barn Began the to make the Fence for the Calfs Pasture old Logs Pretty Heavy the Battle of Bannock Burn

26th Oscar Laflesh Drowned at the calf Pasture Fence

27th Went to Williamstown and its an awful warm Day a Raft Leaving Lancaster James Hugh in Cornwall heard Ellen McGreggor Died up at John Craigs to Day or yesterday

28th a Propeller a ground at the Floating Light the Manitoba and the Bay of Quinte taking her off

29th Came from Williamstown Bought of Ellen 9 yds calico Tobacco Soda Tea took Minna home with me and she is sick as usual St Peters Day