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Mr James Cameron Island Oct 25th 1875

My Birth Day St Crispin al Shoemakers Day I went to Fort Covington Left the Rags at R Bakers in Dundee till28th Wrote a Letter to John from Dundee Post Office the Eureka in Dundee with a Barge Load of Coal very windy weather Baker settling up with the Montreal Creditors Charlie Hopkins here this week hunting

29th Killed a sheep a very Fat one

30th Banking the West End of the house set Fire to try if the Marsh would Burn Put Dolly in tonight for the First Raining East Wind south West and North West wind to Day a Good deal of shooting

31st Last Day of the Month Sunday Holy Eve a Raft went Down this Morning towed snow on the Mountains snowed a Little Last night cold

November 1st all Saints Day Banking the houses

2nd Drawing Wood Watching Ducks at the Lower Point

3rd Henery Genie and one of the Henderson Boys for a canoe to Fish with the Light Bought 1 lb Butter 25 cents

4th shot 2 Black Ducks took the Bun around to the Pitt Point did not Get them Got 2 EEls seen Thomas Rosar with a Boat H Genie came Back with the canoe Gave him a stick to make a Ramrod Found 2 Baskets 1 of them Good seen Henery Bosell and Pete Fishing EEls

5th Guy Fawks Day Mr Oxley and 2 Boys here crofsing to Hamiltons splitting Rails John Nicholson here

6th Went to F Covington and Dundee Gave R Baker Tennet of Butter Left it at the House paid J Cameron 25 cents for the stage stopt all night Charlie Parisha and I Hamilton home with Blackie Bull Got a Pail of Lime Enterprize aground I came took her of water Low

7th Helens Birth Day I came home Got the B{cut off} Hunting Steamer came Down to night at the Foot of Hamiltons Island anchored to night

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Mr James Cameron Island 1875