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Mr James Cameron Island 29 Aug 1872

Took Dinner at Suples seen Mr Mulverhill and the Barber treated me Bought of Rob {illegible} Tobacco Matches Pipes Got 2 Butter Tennets from Robert 30 lb Weightone helped Mr Baker to crofs his horses a Devil of a Bother to catch them Christee here stopt all night

30th very windy seen 2 Draws Lashed together coming Down went out Gordon and I and stopt them Christee made a {illegible} 2 Men came Dubal and Rousseau to look after the Raft

31st Raftmen Making Paddles Christee went off

1st of September Sunday the men tried to go but the wind was too high had to turn Back put myself and Gordons name on our Paddles salting the horses

2nd Drawing Wood out of the swamp

3rd D McMasters Birth Day Raftmen went off Took in the Top onions about 2 Bushels

4th cutting Down trees in the Bush took in apples

5th 5th John Angus Birth Day I went to Viponds Bought 1 pair of Boots 1..65 1/2 lb Tea 1 Doz Buttons (2 lb shot 1/2 lb Tob on Credit) caps matches at John Hamiltons got the scythe heard Henerys Louise was Kicked of the Boat for stealing The Manitoba came for the Raft got 5 Dollars from them

6th Dog Days End Went to Mr Viponds Bought 2 1/2 yds cloth at 80 cents 8 yds Cotton 12 1/2 short 7/6 Thread 3 lb Powder paper paid all this called at Roses took Dinner there Got the adze

7th Fixing the Bed upstairs

8th Sunday Preaching on the Front Raining

9th at Hay

10 I made an oar at Hay

11th made 6 cocks in the stack James Grant here Looking at {illegible} Fair commenced in Fort Covington {illegible} Grant here with his horse took the {last line illegible}

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Mr James Cameron Island 1872