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Mr James Cameron Island July 25 1875

Sunday St James Day Got a channel catfish from Lashey took salts

26th Dog Days Begun Mowing Back of the Barn

27th Mowing Mr Rofs and Mr Adams here to night

27th Got Ready to go spearing and the wind Raised and Rained some so they went acrofs to Summerstown as his Brothers Turner and Slack was there without Boat nor Provision Got the Loan of Lasheys canoe for them to go spearing Gave me 7/6 Mr Adams forgot his Braces

28 Mowing George Bosell

29th Putting in hay

30th Mowing

31st Putting in hay a young son

1st of August or Lammas Day the Day of Fruits went to the Kit Kit Island Rankin the Blacksmith here from Hopkins Left a hoe there George Renshaw here yesterday going Down with Captain Rankin and he went Down after him to Day

2nd Looking for the Black calf Mowing Down on the Riverside and south side Minnie's Birth Day

3rd Raining Put in a Load of hay took home 2 Loads of wood Making a Rake Gordon Got a peice of Tobacco from Henery East Wind the ark crofsing to Alexis Island Corinthan went Down Alexandra went Down Found Bismarcks Knife

4th Got a Lunge Mr Fulton and Mr McArthur here I went still Fishing with them Lost my line sinkers and all to Day Gordon Got a Bunch of hooks from Mr Fulton

5th Mr Fulton and Mr McArthur went off they Got a Lunge to Day cutting hay on the Lower Point

6th Randolphs Birth Day I crofsed to Summerstown 3 Doz of Eggs Bought of Viponds 1/2 lb Tea 5 Bunches of Matches 2 plugs of Tobacco scythe stone Rake 1/2 Bushel of coarse salt sack of Fine salt coarse comb Got a Grindstone from J Hamiltons seen Walter Baker Antwine Bosell Left the Bohemian Going Pilot on the St. Francis

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Mr James Cameron Island 1875