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Mr James Cameron Island May 24th 1873

the Queens Birth Day Firing Planting

25th

26th Fixing Fence

27th at the Fence at the East End of the Barn Found a Bun

28th Planted the Beans Trowling Got a Pike

29th Royal Oak Day Barked a chair

30th cleaning the chips from around the Door

31st cutting Brush setting Fires very cold nights

1st of June Whit Sunday

2nd Went to Na Houtas Island the Wind Raised

3rd Went to Christees Island and Na Houtas I

4th Barking chairs started for the Post Office turned Back Wind and Rain

5th crofsed 4 Raftsmen from the Hay Island Gave me a Dollar as they had no more and hard work to have that Bought of Vipond 3 Bunches of Lines Hooks 3/4 of Tea Tobacco Black Thread Matches Pipes Got a Letter 2 Papers Mrs Carey sent sweetys to the children came Back Went for the 2 Men Left on the Raft took them up to Get something to Eat as they must be Prety Hungry went Down with them to their Raft and it started while they were at their Dinner and it was almost at the Floating Light when we caught it could not Pay me nor Give me an axe or an auger to show what I had Done for them Heavy Rain haild and thunder Magnet went Down

6th Barking chair Planting Potatoes caught a Dram over Below Christees

7th Raftmen here for the Dram Paid me Gave me 4 Dollars

8th Trinity Sunday Peggy Bosell Georges Wife and children here Alexand Grant Boo) Departed Livinia and I and all the children Went Down to the Kit Kit Island a very fine Day

9th Our Mary's Birth Day crofsed to Summerstown Bought Flour Hat cotton Thread eggs Brown Ribbon Went Down to Kenneths Thomas Munroe and I and put the Dead close on A Grant Got a Rooster from W Spink

10th Put a hent to Hatch

11th Making a Pen for Pigs I am to Get from George Bosell Weeding Potatoes

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Mr James Cameron Island 1873