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Mr James Cameron Island 31st 1873

Took Breakfast at Hamiltons Stormy Cold East Wind Left my Pork at Hamiltons Fine in the afternoon Shooting to night out of the 2 Guns

1st of January 1873 Firing this morning Jim Hopkins Charlie Hopkins Bill Morris George Morris Pars Bowen old Mrs Morris Mrs Macilvan and Sarah Betsy and 2 children stopt for Dinner Gave Bill a Bible and English newspaper sent Mrs Hopkins Book home Got 5 cartriges from Jim

2nd I crofsed to Hamiltons William Lavelette there with 4 axes to Grind Got Isacc Blondeau to Fix my Boots 15 cents Got new Years from Isacc Heard Sandy Ward Departed yesterday James McKenna here for a Load of his hay Fine turned cold and then stormy then Raining to night George Renshaw came from Town went Down yesterday

3rd Allen's Birth Day a Fine Day Sun hot Thawing Chopping Stove Wood

4 chopping stove Wood stormy this morning turned Kind warm some Windy from the West changed to night to East

Sunday 5 cold some Froze last night Blustering to Day snowing Drifing East Wind

6th Began to Make a hand Sleigh seen a Fish hawk or an Eagle after a Duck in the airhole and after hovering around for a Long time he plunged after her and Got her and Tore her on the ice

7th Working at the sleigh

8th Hugh Ann's Birth Day 7 years old to Day James McKenna came for a Load of his hay Had a Bottle with him his Bobs came a part I Gave him a Trace chain and we Fixed it Finished the handsleigh

9th a very Fine Morning got Ready to go acrofs it turned very stormy went as Far as Hamiltons took the sleigh could hardly make out coming home could not see 16 feet Before me very Frosty to night

10th cold Frosty Nor West Wind Drifting Quit milking Spotty this week

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Mr James Cameron Island Jan 11th 1873

cutting Stove Wood very Frosty and Frosty Frosty to night its awful Frosty time this Long While nailing some Boards on the shed

12th Sunday seen a Fox crofsing from Alexis Island 2 Ducks in the air hole a very Fine Day west Wind in the Evening turned from the East can hardly do anything But chopping Stove Wood and Keeping on Fires house warm took the oars and Paddle up from the Boat cold this Evening But Pleasant

13th calf Dead Quite smart this morning cold Day

14th James McKenna took a Load Gave me 25 cents had a Drop Skinned the calf Drew him to the Lower Point set 2 Traps for the Fox Gordon to the Bush for a Load of Wood

15th cutting stove Wood Very Cold

16th Fine Raining West Wind TMcKenna Took all his hay had 2 Teams Took me a Sack of Flour from Mr Crippin sent the calf skin to Mr Strater a very Large Load had to hitch the 2 Team to the Load put in the Bottom of the Marsh hay stack Rained very very heavy tonight the Feilds all Bear and Blowed very hard

17th Moved the Marsh hay of the West mow and put some Fine hay on the upper Boards ice all Glib a very heavy Thaw Salmon River Busted up

18th East Wind Stormy snowing Blowing

19th Sunday My Shoulder very Bad with Rheumatism Drifting and wind

20th a Fine Morning Went acrofs stopt at Hamiltons a Great Lot of Men on the ice surveying and sounding the Depth of Water 4 at Hamiltons 4 at McLeods 4 at Vipond and a Lot at Summerss Bought of Vipond 4 Bro 1 lb TEa 1/2 lb Tob 1 Bar Soap Got an Almanack Got a Ride up and Down from J Hamilton John got his Boots Wetted them Turned Stormy East Wind and snow heard about Sutherlands Murder to Day seen George Grant and Jim Bushes Boy Got a Paper from Charlie

21st St Agnefs Day Bushed some of the Road at the Upper Point The Surveyors at the head of the Island and along the north side E Wind turned stormy.