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Mr James Cameron Island July the 3rd 1875

Fishing to night Went with my Boat to J Hopkins Ground the Axe Got Tobacco Plants that Rankin sent up on the Canadian Charlie Rose here with Charlie Parisha for the Black Bull Put out the Tobacco Plants Brought my chains Links to Jim to Fix 3 prung Fork and my hoe Hoeing his Potatoes took Dinner Gordon at a Job Taking over the Bull Got a Rope

4th Independence Sunday

5th Our Johns Birth Day Races in Dundee Bot Races I went to Christees Factory warm

6th Went to the Kit Kit Island Got some Fish Trowling not Good Peggy Bosell here got {illegible} Mr Fulton and John KirkPatrick here Raining hard 2 other men one of them is Dug Alans Mr Fulton Gave Gordon 25 cetns Gordon Gave him 2 Fine Pikes

7th they went off Left 2 Dollars Gve Mr Fulton 4 chub perch and Bafs and Pickerel Fishing and Indian here for sticks for bars Gave me a Plug of Tobacco T Bodeva and Rob Kennedy here for hay cut a Road in the hay to the calve Pasture yesterday Election in Dundee Cameron elected

8th I went to Dinner Mr Reynolds here he is camped on Hamiltons Island took a stick for Paddle to Paro Bowen Robert Baker on a Piccnick to Day Bought at the Mill 5 cwt of Flour 1..50 Bought of J Baker 6 yds of Calico 75 cents Butter tub 30 cents paid this)( got 1 Box of Caps on credit 15) Got my wool

9th Put in Hay Cut 4 elm stick for a Jumper

10th Went to Viponds with 3 Doz of Eggs Bought 1/2 lb Tea 1 pipe 2 Papers that he Got a Peice of Meat Fresh from Charlie Parisha McNab is Elected Took my 1 1/2 Inch Augur to J Hamilton to sharpen the St Francis a party on her going Down from Cornwall got Papers from Charlie got the Loan of Basket from J Vipond Great Rain to the North not much here Thunder and Lightning Raftmen here for oars got none Lashey Fishing at head of the Island cleaning my old Gun

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Mr James Cameron Island 11th of July 1875

Sunday Let out the Black clave Went to the West End of the Island to see Lashey complaining of not Getting Fish some Ripe Rasberries commencing no EEl Flies hardly yet

12th of July Orangemans Day Fixing some Pretty good volleys Prime made her first Trip to Day Mowed a Road to the Back of the Barn

13th Went Down Trowling to the Kit Kit Went over to Christies Thunder heavy Rain and Lightning

14th Working at Making a Jumper the hens taking up the Potatoes Got some Rasberries Mr Fulton Mr Plumado and Miles here to night hand a Good Lot of Fish a Party on the St Francis From Dundee up to Cornwall

15th St Swithens Day Put in a Few cocks of hay took Wood up from the shore

16th Indians after the Big Canoe Louis Jacops Charlie Hopkins and Philips Boy and another Boy with them Lost his Knife Mowing some in the Grove

17th Mowing

18th Lashey here for Butter

19 J Fernandez Birth Day I went to Dundee Settling up to this Date with R Baker had a Tennet of Butter Began a New Account Bought of R Baker Flour 100 lbs 8 yds of Cotton 1.. Print 11 yds 77 cent Wincey 4 yds 92 Cloth 2..50 Thread 2 skains 2 spools 1 pair {illegible} 3.75 pair of {illegible} Boots 1..50 scythe 90 Crockery 1..25 Tin Dishes 10 Basket 35 stones 10 Bought of J McGreggor 1 Pint Got a Peppermint Essence From D Baker sweetys for nothing 13 Dollars 8 cents Got a Pig from Mrs Mayville Got the Grindstone from P Buchanan

20th Mowing

21st Mr Fulton and Masterson the editor of the Cornwall Gazzette and McDonald J James here 2 Dollars

22nd Mary Jim Hopkins Paro Bones Wife and Caty Grant here for Berries Brought the Dog Guess to me

23rd Putting in hay

24th a Picknick on the Bohemian from Cornwall 2 Trips I went to Renshaws on the Bohemian Bought of J Vipond 1 lb Tea Pipe pins Tobacco Got a Letter from John to {part of line illegible} was Buried Last Monday {illegible} Men here.