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Mr James Cameron Island April 2nd 1875

seen Wild Geese came from Paros to J Hopkins took Breakfast at Jim Sold the old horse to snider for 20 Dollars got 15 Down to get the other 5 sometime Before June Jim and Paro came Down with me got some onions and Papers for 7/6 J Hamilton and Tommy Jack here Raining some went up with John for Potatoes Gordon and I got 3 Bags of Potatoes from John and he came Down with them

3rd I went to Summerstown to see J Grant

4th Low Sunday went to the Sturgeon Island Cranes Blackbirds swallows Phebes Robins came

5th Tapt 2 or 3 Trees sent Gordon over to see if George was coming to make the sugar J Hamilton here

6th crofsed to see J Grant got 2 sacks at Viponds for me Lewis Blondeau Daughter Getting Married to Day took Dinner at Hamiltons Pete came with the Pot and Ellen got the 2 axes

7th Tapt some Trees John came Down with my Flour Charlie Rose Moving away from John Hamiltons Tapping to Day

18th Made Mollasses about 2 Gallons

9th Boiling in the Bush William Lavellette here to see if I would Trust him hay came in the afternoon Gave him 1/2 Ton then he came home with the Fork and Rope

10th Gordon went to Hamiltons for a Bag of Grain for the Hens Got it and a Paper from John Seen a cutter crofsing Summers's Road sugared about 25 lbs to Day

11 Boiling in the Bush Sugared of to Day over 30 lbs But put in in the Moles to Day

12th sugared over what we Done yesterday

13th Sugaring to Day

14th I think there is a hole open at Francis Island in the ice

15th Made about 2 Gallons of Mollasses and 22 lbs of Sugar to Day Killed a crow set Fire to the Marsh water Low ice opened at the Sturgeon Island

16th Gathering some and Tapping

17th Drawing wood Boiling

18th Sugared over 30 lbs and 1 1/2 of Syrup but its soft out Duncans Birth Day

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Mr James Cameron Island 19th of April 1875

Boiling some syrup Windy ice moving slowly a Great Jam Down at the Floating Light

20th Drawing Wood went to the head of the Island

21st chopping in the Gr{illegible} some of the Drags sap not running these few Days as it is cold

22nd putting out manure Broke my axe handle set some fire in the Back Marsh the James right opposite the Door cold and Windy Drew the Big Canoe