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Mr James Cameron Island Oct 30th 1872

high Wind chopping and clearing on the Lower Point Luke Bowen and Lis came Luke had a hooker with him Brought my Musket home and Brought his EEl spear home Gave him a stick of hicory Grants men came for them Timber Gave me the Big pay for saving them 1 1/2 Dollars

31st This is Holy Eve I went to Hamilton and Down to Hugh M Gillis's for the Boy to Bring to D Suple he would not come Got 100 lb of Flour from Peter Buchanan treated me in Tyos had a Treat at John McGreggors seen Luke Paid Donald suple 35 cents Found a cat on the Road stopt at Bills all night Bought of Bourdon 4 yds of Flannel at 25 cents a yd

1st of November all Saints Day came home Luke spearing EEls Raining

2nd all Souls Day Trying for EEls got none Tearing Down the East shed pilling the Rails Lots of Ducks and Wild Geese a Great many shooting a Good Deal of Towing

3rd On this Day of the Month Granda Departed in the year 1857 high wind East the Corsican went up this morning

4th Began the East shed Fixing the Manure in a Pile at the East End of the Barn

5th Guy Fawks Day Got 2 Ducks Maxim here Piling manure

6th Maxim went off

7th Helens Birth Day Making a Fence around the heap of Manure

8th caught the horse Drawing wood From the Lower Point cold high Wind covered the Radishes

9th Prince of Wales Birth Day Drawing Wood cutting and piling shot an owl

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Mr James Cameron Island 1872