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Mr James Cameron Island June 11th 1874

Shearing the sheep one of them I did not get till Dark Magnet went Down

12th Raining sheared the Black sheep Kept them in as it is cold Rafts Towing Down

13th Drew some Wood Putting Manure on the Potatoes

14th Sunday Miles and a Man Fishing here Factory man heavy Rain Thunder

15th Washed the Wool Mr Spencer here and Galerneau Fishing at night Rob Baker and John Tyo came and I Went with them Down on my Sturgeon Bar

16th Barking Barking the chairs

17th Jim Y Cameron Dr Crary and Labuff here Treated me with a Drop of Good Stuff

18th the Ever Memorable Battle of Waterloo Mr Fulton here Weeding Drawing Wood

19th hoeing a Man Going about on the River the Boston steamer Wakened him up in the Evening the Corsican coming up Would have run him over if I had not Gone out in the steamboat channel and Towed him out of her way asked him his name and he told me it was Toughf and again when I got him all Right I asked him again and he said it was Alexander McCarty so I set him on the right course to Christees Island and then he knew the where Matthews shanty was the wind raised very sudden and high from the East to night

20th made a Pig Pen crofsed to Viponds Bought Tea Tobacco Pipes Gave Lewis Blondeau some ---- men at the shore here to night Fishing old Mr Barrett Buried to Day in Williamstown with AJ Baker Launching his Boat Henery Left the Victoria yesterday

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Mr James Cameron Island 1874