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Mr James Cameron Island June 18th 1875

this Decided Waterloo Got 2 Eggs Boxes on the Water Went to Alexis Christies and Na Houtas Island seen Paul Grant on Alexis Island treated me got some fat Pine Found a Rat in the Water and a Bunch of Letters on Alexis Island Fishing to night got some eEls and Pike

19th Clearing the chips from the Door

20th Last Day of Spring Rose Sunday Allen came stopt for Dinner went of got 30 the Barge and Saya Girl to 1 stop

21st Frist day of Summer one Barge aground on the Little channel north side of the Island on the stones Got the Loan of my canoe to put out their anchor a Raft of 8 or 9 sticks went Down Before the Door it was sticks that got Lost from the Raft and they Left them up at Black Horse Island Watered the Garden and some of the Potatoes Made a Fish Box a Good many Trowling on the Water

22nd Our Dan's Birth Day I went with my ashes to James Grants Bought of Vipond Br in the new store 1/2 lb Tea 1 plug of Tob 2 chimney for Lamps Castor oil Bar of Soap Hoe Matches Working at the Roads Heard Old Alex Kenneth or old Hogan Departed yesterday Got Potatoes from J Hamilton took Dinner there in the Ashery with Lewis Blondeau Seen old D McGreggor John Painting the Lighthouse Some Thunder Rain Passed to the south side hoeing Potatoes Gave a Loaf of Bread to the Barge

23rd Drawing Wood and toop up 3 or 4 Barrels of Water for the Garden Windy

24th St John the Baptiste Went to Christees Island for Pine Fishing to night

25th Hoeing the Potatoes Went Down on the Shoal at the Sturgeon Islands Got 5 EEls seen a sturgeon Gordon got 3 EEls on our shoal Today the Island Near the Horse-shoe seen a Large Lunge Fine Day Battle of Bannockburn Weeding the Garden

26th old John Rankin the Blacksmith here came acrofs with Dan McDougall and stopt here all night went out Fishing him Gordon and I got sturgeon EEl succour Got him to Rankin Robert Baker came went Down with him on my sturgeon Shoal

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Mr James Cameron Island June 26th 1875

Gordon went to Bosells for my stick and Gaff got them Got some Tobacco would not take no pay Brought the children some sugar Heard Walter Baker was in Jail for going to stab John Carey expecting the new Boat up Henery and George on the Corinthian Indians set Fire on the Pit Point Last night some strawberries Ripe Down on the shoal Looking for EEls got none got 1/2 Dozen of Fish at Kit Kit some Drops of Rain Gout out the Fish-Box yesterday East Wind and West some Wind and calm an Foggy Mr Rankin came he being acrofs with Dan McDougall Fishing with Rankin Gordon and I got 1 sturgeon Robert Baker Frank Mayvill Alex Deroshee came I went with them got 1 Good Sturgeon

Sunday 27th Rankin went to J Hopkins Gave him all the Fish we caught

28th Charlie Parisha and J James Farmer here for the Black Bull told them they could have him Saturday 12 Chickens to Day Planted Cucumbers put salt on them see if it would Kill the Grubs

29th Put out the Big stove in the cookhouse and put the cooking stove out went to the Kit Kit Island East Wind Got 3 Pickerel 2 Chub 9 Perch took a Load of Wood Found 4 bolts or spikes in a stick Hoeing some commenced to Rain Rained very heavy to night which is much wanted Deer Flies Bad Caterpillers plenty eating all the Leaves of the Trees Ticks some

St Peter's Day 30th Jim and Charlie Hopkins here Gave him 5 pine Boards took home his Plough cut a hickory for axe handles hoeing Potatoes cleaning the Boat the Wind Raised High Filled the straw tick Pealing Elm Bark

1st of July Dominion Day very Windy Pic Nick on Hamilton Island with the Victoria

2nd Went to Hamiltons John Ploughing for Buckwheat at Bordman planting a Place from John Bought of Mifs Vipond Ball bread 2 Window Glafs plug Tobacco soda Took a Letter {illegible} to John