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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 7th 1873

Cutting Wood Piling in the cookhouse Cattle eating out in the Feilds

8th Gordon's Birth Day 1863 a very Fine Fore Part of the Day Soft Good Travelling on the ice a sleigh or Cutter at the Lighthouse those Engineers Moving upwards now cutting some wood and clearning up in the Bay

9th Sunday Preaching on the Front seen a man Crofsing a Foot at the Lower end of this Island to Christees Fine Day wind Cold Some Frosty

10th Went to the Sturgeon Island to see the Poison Bate very Frosty

11th a Fortunate Day East Wind Stormy snowing turned Fine in the afternoon seen a Fox crofsing to the head of the Island chopping up in the Bay Firewood

12th Races at Dundee on the Ice Went to Get my Boot Fixed By Isacc Blondeau 10 cents Tom Summers Poorly Bought of Viponds Matches almanac 5 cetns Soda 10 cents Robert Jack Thrashing at John Hamiltons a Fine Day water Raising some places near shore

13th Went to Fort Covington at the Races Came Down with Bill Heard of Mr Stafford Getting out of his mind and its no wonder the Man has Been Fined so often Left 5 Razors with the Barber took home P Buchanans Bag Got some B Wheat from Bill a Man hurted at the Races I think his name is Elliot the Man that owened the Grey horse that Trotted

14th Tom Davis Died on 14 Bill came Down with me

15th cutting Wood a Fine Day

16th Sunday a Fine Day Seen a Fox going the way of the Poison

17th a Fine Day Went to Fort Covington Got a Ride up from Jim Hopkins took Dinner there stopt at J McGreggors had a Round Got a viol full Heard Tom Davis was Buried yesterday Sarah Baker Married to Day Went to see the Barber Got a Case of Razors from him in exchange for 5 sent some apples and sweetys to the children Mr Crippin sent sweetys to the children got a Ride Back from {illegible} Got 2 Books Charlie Shot a Dog Jim Missed him

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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 18th 1873

James Hughs Birth Day I think Mr Streeters Daughter is getting Married to Day in the Bus cut Down the Dead oak Tree in the Upper Marsh

19th a Fine Morning turned soft Raining some high West Wind waiting for a Ride went to George Renshaws wrote a Letter for George water on the ice Dan McGreggor a Treat at Summers's Seen the Lessor Young Angus at Summer's got From Ewing & Brothers Seedsmen and Florists 100 McGill Street Montreal the catalogue of Seeds Got a Paper from Charlie

20th Went to Fort Covington met John Tyo on the Salmon River he had a Bottle Treated me out of it Bill and Luke putting out Manure not Froze much the Heaps about 8 inches D.Suple went to Cornwall to 1/2 Pound of Tea from Mr Bought at R Bakers Tobacco 5 Went to see Tom Mulverhills Place he showed me the way they Play on the Billiard Table came Down to the Lines Mr Baker Treated me in Tyos Stopt at D Suples all night

21st Arthur Burton Died on 21st Came home Tired Stormy East Wind very stormy could not see the Islands had hardwork to make out the way struck the head of our Island

22nd Washingtons Birth Day Shot a Strange Bird the was Flying around all winter cutting some sticks of oak thats around the Door Drifting West Wind cutting the Stove Wood

23rd Shrove Sunday cold Frosty

24 St Matthias Day very Cold

25th Cutting Wood in the Bush Snow Deep

26th Ash Wednesday a Fine Day Went to the Sturgeon Island Great Banks of Snow Drifts up on the plane Foxes dont Touch the Poison Gordon Went for Cedar to the North Side of the Island seen a horse and cutter and 4 men I think there Fishing EEls Below Captain Fraser's New Moon comes in to night

27th East Wind Fine Day Gordon Went to Bosells for Tobacco

28th chopping in the Bush

1st of March St Davids Day went to Summerstown Got a Letter From Helen the Death of her Little Boy Arthur in it a Fine Day some snow this Morning