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Mr James Cameron Island October 1st 1873

very windy the Bohemian went up and had a Barge in Tow coming out of Lancaster and went Down the same Day

2nd Windy seen Wild Geese for the first seen

From the 3rd till the 8th I Missed those Days

9th Lashey King and Guy here took Dinner

10th Hugh Ann McMasters Birth Day Lashy came with hi Bark Line

11th Set the Sturgeon Line

12th got a Sturgeon Lashey went to Lancaster Smallmans steamer Jenny went to Montreal the Horse hurted some way or other

13th cut Down an Ash Tree at the soft maple place in the Sugar Bush

14th Gathering nuts Blowing hard Found staves

15th went to Summerstown went to Prize G Renshaw Wharf Thomas Munroe and I seen Mr Phillips and J Hopkins hunting had a hooker of the Best But Riley)

16th Windy

17th Went to Fort Covington seen shick

18th Fishing at the Mouth of Salmon River for Black Bass and Pickerel Lashey and I Mr Spence there too

19th Lashey to Lancaster

20th 21st 22nd

23rd Little Livinia Birth Day 1868 I went to Fort Covington Got the Parcel from John seen Mr Phillips said it was all right

24th Our Hugh's Birth Day Mr Phillips and John Davidson passed Down stopt at the Lower End of the Island another hunter there a Man from Montreal his name was Sims as I asked his name

25th My Birth Day St Crispins Day

26th W Spink and Donald McDonald here

27th Squirrel Hunting J Hopkins Allen Cameron G Grant here hunting Squirrels cold ugly Day Windy 2 of pound of shot from A Cameron

28th at Summerstown

29th Watertown went Down with Raft

30th at J Hamiltons Got 75 from John Bought 100 lb Flour Tea

31st Holy Eve Banking the house cracking nuts

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Mr James Cameron Island November 1st 1873