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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 and Grant and Dan Cameron Taking their Bulls from the Island the Alexandra Went Down in Tow of the Bay

21st Rose Sunday Went to Butternut Rofs Gull Lizard Kit Kit and Sturgeon Island Gordon Randolph and myself Fishing Lashey set his Line 1st Day of Summer

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Mr James Cameron Island June 22nd 1874

Our Dan's Birth Day a Great many rafts went Down in Tow and sailing Lashey crofsed Forgot his lines and came again after them cutting the weeds in the Potatoes went Down to the Line

25th Mr Tuthills here made me a Present of a Trowling Line all complete Gave him some old Indian curiositys axes Flint Crockery Stones Treated me to a Glass of Beer The Boston aground George Sims here

24th St John the Baptiste Day a Great Gathering in Montreal for all parts of the States and Canada Tyler Lincoln here Treated me to a Glass of {illegible} {illegible} here Sandy Dugold McGillis {illegible} and a Man By the name of Warden or Warder they were on a Raft and had nothing to East I gave them their Dinner

25th Went out to George Renshaws wool and Thomas Munroes Bought at Viponds 5 cents of Nutmegs the Boston after a Smallman Steamer to Tow them off would not Go But went to Lancaster for a Load of Eggs

26 Went to Hamilton the Boston Got off Ground this morning Went to Dundee with 9 1/2 lbs of Wool and 3 1/2 Doz of Eggs Left my Bag with Robert to send it to Renshaw with Flour Bought 3 Plugs of Tob 5 cents paid to a Bag of Potatoes Got a Present of a First Rate spear from Mr Between Rober Baker and John Tyo Robert got the Beard of it Fired By the Blacksmith Mr Fulton and Mr White here to night Jame Y Cameron and his man here

27th Went to John Hamiltons The Abysinian and Athenian went Down Murdy Murchison and Sheltee putting their Horses to Alexis Island went to G Renshaw my Flour did not come Got some from George and he gave me a Loaf Killed a Calf {illegible} Roses Wife took the Head of it