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Mr James Cameron Island Nov 27th 1874

Fishing EEls got none trying Back in the Rushes sowing the thumb on my Leather mit Wind high a Good Deal of shooting

28th I crofsed Got From AJ Baker 3..10 Bought 100 lb Flour Bought 1 chimney 8 cents 2 Lamp Wick 4 cents Oil Got a Whippletree iron From John Hamilton and Charlie Rose cleaning out the Steamer Victoria A McLaughlin and John R Grant John and Jo Vipond Went Down to their Fathers the St Andrews Dinner or Ball Last night at McRae's (3 Dollars pretty steep this) William McLeod went to Alexan{cut off} a to night took a Buggie and its commencing to snow very hard snowed hard all night East Wind came see if there is any Light in Mr hills Lighthouse to night But John Hamilton has Charlie Rose putting out manure John Hamilton Plastering stables Broke my Paddle

1st Sunday in Advent Lots of snow it snow hard Last night Fine some Wind West to Day no Light in Mr Hills to night Light on Cherry Island

30th St Andrews The Scotch Festival very cold Windy Broke on the stack of Marsh hay Back of the Barn sawing Wood put in the sheep

1st of December cutting in the Bush Ducks and Geese Plenty

2nd in the Bush heard some yelling on Christies Island Drew my Canoes and cleaned them out and the Yelling Quit Kind of soft I heard since it was Mr Phillips that his Boat Drifted out from the shore while he was up through the Island a Fishing Light out night or its Jack the Lanthern

3rd changed the s{cut off}

4th Turned the stove rong End for the Pan of the stove

5th Drew some Wood Jim Hopkins here from Lancaster Gave me a Hooker of Old Rye and Left me my Bitters Gave me Shot powder and Tobacco Down with WB Rofs and Tom Calquhoun Gave him the Books Got From Mary-Ann

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Mr James Cameron Island Dec 6th 1874

St Nicholas Went to Kitt Kit on the Island West of Rofs I Found 2 Peices of iron must have laid there a Great many years at Charlies Island shot 2 Ducks East Wind and snow

7th Fishing EEls got 1 a Fine Day

8 Chopping in the swamp

9th chopping

10th Leanders Birth Day 2 Years Old to Day Drawing the Fine hay on the East mow

11th in the Bush

12th chopping at the Door

13th Snowing at night East Wind stormy

14th very Frosty North Wind

15th very Frosty Wind West Feeding the Cattle Extra the ice very near taking if it would hold on for another Day it would take

16th Put the Boat in the Barn Drew up the Canoes Water Raising Drew my small canoe Down to Bismarcks Bay as its the handiest Place to put her Out

17th in the Bush soft fine East Wind and West snowing

18th Took in the iron Boxes Fixing the Wire on the stove

19th Drawing Drags from the Upper Point Fixed Rosy in the Stable a Good Deal of ice Going Down shot a Wood Pecker thats continually tapping at the shingles on the Roof of the House 2 sugar Brids here around the House all Winter Ducks very Plenty out {illegible} shore not many wild Geese the Eagle Flying and Getting those Wounded Ducks the Fishawk around after the Ducks Cattle went to the Bush to Day

20th Last Day of Autumn or Fall East Wind snowing Fine very cold Feeding Reddy Extra as I suppose to Give him the Knife some of those Days

21st First Day of Winter St Thomas Fixing the post in a chair went to the Pitt Point the ice took up From Lancaster Drywell to Francis Island open all above this Freezing hard to night no Jamming of ice it Froze before Hamiltons at 12 Oclock