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Mr James Cameron Island Nov 19th 1875

Raining some E Wind

20th crofsed to Summerstown took a Peice of Sturgeon and cranberries to Mrs Hamilton got a Peice of Pork and apples from her took up G Renshaws Flour and a Trunk for John Hamilton for the St Francis Got 2 Bags of Potatoes a Peice of Deer Venison and a Peice of Pork for me George Bought of Vipond and Bro 1/2 lb Tea 1/2 lb soda 4 spools of Thread 2 Hanks of Black and Grey Thread to 3 Rats anda cake of tallow and 17 cents cast seen old Major Fraser the Bohemian stopt Runing the St Francis came up to night a Fine Day Dan Cameron and G Renshaw Killed a handsome Buck yesterday

21st On This Day of the Month D McMaster Departed 1846 St Francis Went Down snowed and Rained some this Morning

22nd started to go acrofs Left my canoe at the head of the Island turned Back Drew some Wood Jim Hopkins Down at the the Kit Kit Boats running

23rd Drawing Wood Boats a Going the East Went up with a Tow

25 put in the sheep and Fixing the sheds Jim Hopkins and Paro Bone Passed up a man on the Little Island cut a Beech Tree Raising some of the Troughfs piling Wood

26th Jim Hopkins Charlie and Jonnie here an ugly Day raining and sleet Working at the oak Tree Jim took his Bun up from the Kit Kit Island Ellen Briggs Departed some time this Week

27th I crofsed to Summerstown sent a Letter to John Brought T Munroe his Lamb Got a 100 lbs of Flour from AJ Baker 3..10 cents Seen on of D Munroe sons at Thomas's no Light in J Hamilton to night Bought a Plug of Tobacco for I have Charlie Maville crofsing his horses in a scow William McLeod shot a Deer Kerosene oil got turned East Wind Freezing hard to night

28th cold E Wind Began to Snow this Evening

29th Light on Cherry Island Our Hill no Light on 27th

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Mr James Cameron Island 1875