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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 Nov 10 1872

Went around the island Hugh Ann Allan and George Grant came had a Bottle got some caps from George old Donald Munroe poorly

11th Martinmas piling Wood {illegible} the East shed the Mayhues up to Fix {illegible} Brought me some Tamarack nott jobs {illegible} a pain a Good many Wild Geese a Fine Day wind high from the East

12th Raining Split some Rails Tried for EEls got none

13th Began taken the manure out of the sheep shed tor the shed down Banking inside the shed at the North side of the house took up the parsnips Broke the Lamp chimney snowed on the Mountain Last night white Frost and ice Wild Geese plenty

14th Raining Eclipse

15th cutting stove Wood

16th I went to Summerstown seen Rod Cameron taking up stones on Hamiltons Island for the Lighthouse he Told me old Donald Munroe Departed on the 11th Bought of Vipond 2 Bushels of oats 70 cents 8 yds of Cotton 14..1..12 1/2 lb cut Tob 20 a spool 3 2 hanks of Black Thread 5 James Grant and John Hamilton Thomas Munroe came with the ark for the Horses the Wind was too high had to Leave them and take my Boat and go home I Harnefsed the horse to the sleigh and took Down the Bag of Oats put the horses in the stable Feeding the with Timothy

17th Sunday Wind high went to look at the scow

18th Howard McDonald Died Began to make a hen House and took a Bad pain in my Back its the Backache I can hardly stir with it Fed the Horses some Oats feeding and salt they have not the disorder other horses has put the Hens in their house to night the calves stopt away to night snowing tonight Windy