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Mr James Cameron Island March 18th 1874

George Bosell Got the Loan of the 2 inch augur square adze and the Broad-axe took 30 Troughfs finished to the Bush 24 more not Finished took 2 Bags of Potatoes George Tapt to Day I went over to Help Charlie Rose to Load Brought home Hamiltons Bag and Summers's Bag seen Jim Hopkins taking home Caribous canoe and had the wheel of Smallmans Steamer taking it out to the cars Dan Cameron a Bee Drawing Fire Wood Got a Ride from John McGreggor up to Tom Kennedys at night I stopt with Dunvegan William McLeod and had Quite a nice time and no ways short of the Barley Bru met with everything else he showed me a Belt of an officers sword that a Brother of Sir Walter Scott's sone Took of of an of Dead officer in Egypt with Splendid Brittish Lion Heads on it in Sir Ralph Abercrombie time The Rosseau's run away from McLeods Place Last night

19th Took Breakfast with Dunvegan waiting till Charlie Rose went to come Lavelletts looking for Law for her Daughter Thomas Murry and Ranald Angus there Charlie and John Came went to the Bush a Rainy Day still we Drew some Thomas Munroe came Down Brought a cow From J Hamilton I came home Great Deal of Water on the ice George Made Syrup we got 3 Quarts and 1 Pint Charlie May in here yesterday got a stick for his Thrashing Mill

20th John Hamilton and Charlie Rose came Down with my share of Boards took me a Bushel of Buckwheat took up a Load Chopping First Day of Spring William McLeod Moving his Cook House to Day Charlie Drawing Wood from the Hog Island

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Mr James Cameron Island 1874