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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

All Saints Day Snowing Hard

2nd all Souls Day went around the Island Found a Bottle on the Bank near Bell Bay

3rd Snowing and Raining

4th Drawing Wood

5th Guy Fawks Day put in some coils of hay

6th Drawing Wood

7th Helen McMasters Birth Day went Down to the Kit Kit Island

8th Making Decoys went and set them up in the cordwood Bay while watching there what did I happen to see but a Mink had to chance to shoot But I set Traps for him

9th Prince Alberts Birth Day

10th Lashey came Making a spear Pole

11th Lashey went to Lancaster Began to Draw the stack of Marsh Hay one I had since Last year at its good

14th Drawing Wood 2 Hunters at the Sturgeon Island with Decoys

15th crofsed to PO Got a Letter From Charlie

16th Stormy windy Bohemian went up

17th Fixing the Floor snowing stormy

18th stormy went to Pitt Point snowing

19th Seen a King Fisher he comes around here these some Days Took the Hooks of the night Line and its a Mighty cold Job to do

20th Fine Day Drew some Wood 2 Boats went up to day

21st On this Day of the Month D. McMaster Departed 1846 Got the Mink I set for got a Weasel shot a Duck

22nd a Boat went Down Cutting Wood

23d a Boat went Down

24th {illegible}ing Lights no Light to night very stormy East Wind

25th no Light in Mr Hills Lighthouse to night 5 Steamers went up to Day Stormy

26th Light on Cherry Island cold and stormy got a Weasel

27th Very unwell with a Pain

28th Drifting Drew some Drags

29th Put out the Boat cutting stove Wood

30th St Andrews Day the Scotch Festival a Fine Day cold

Advent Sunday 1st of December cold East Wind very very Frosty to night Made a Good Bit of ice to night chopping Firewood went to the Upper Point Found a Duck on the edge of the ice