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Mr James Cameron Island April 11 1880 Snowing Blowing Drifting Boys in the Bush sugarin of what they Boiled yesterday Feed of the stable Loft Fine North West Wind

12th Tapt some Trees Wrote a song Down

13th in the Bush Bad with a cold

14th Some Thunder for the first time 2 Boys in the Bush

15th all the Children in the Sugar Bush E Wind

16th A Steamer went Down and the Princefs Louisa came from Dundee to Summerstown High E Wind Sugarin in the Bush to night Raining Hailing South E Wind very unwell Light Lit up on Cherry Island to night Yellow hammers Came Peewits Came shot at a flock of Wild Geese Fixing some Stones at the wharf the Duck began to Lay made 32 bs of Sugar tonight

17th Princefs Louisa went Down

18th Our Duncans Birth Day Randolph Bismarck and I Down to the Kit Kit Island

19th cut a Runner for the Jumper Mr Dunlop an Mr Derushie the Fisherman came Gordon crofsed to the store Bought of Mr Ward 1/2 lb Tea 30 1 lb of soda 10 3 lbs of nails 15 Box of Matches 15 Brought Handle Bottle of Radways 25 95 cents

20th Making a Runner for the Jumper Windy

21st set a hen Hatch Taking away the Banking from the West End of the House Mr Derushie and Gordon set a net Fine and Windy Put the Tobacco Seed in Dish for plants set the Back Marsh Lines Drew some stones to Wharf Mr Hills Ligh and Mr Johnstons in the Ho{illegible} light up to night for the First and Mr Hamilton s

22nd at the Banking putting out manure

23rd St Georges Day Fine Day

24th Jennie Calved Wrote a Letter for Gabriel Derushie

25th St Marks Day Wind Rain all Kinds of Weather

26th Raining the Windy Gordon crofsed took over all his sugar

27th Drawing Rails Making Picquets Murdock Murchisons Wife Buried to Day Mrs Currie to Be Buried tommorow Alexandra went Down Lemays Fishing on the Kit Kit Island Building a Tent

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Mr James Cameron Island

April 2 1880 Gordon came from Hamiltons Had Potatoes Buchwheat Flour 2 Canoes of Indians EEl Fishers stopt in the Tent and when they went of stole some Boa{cut off} in the Bush

3rd Drawing Stones to the Wharf

4th Foxby calved to Day Low Sunday Fine Got 1 of my Traps cut of the ice there is 4 of Them Froze in the ice all winter Gordon took his Boat from the head of the Island Down to the Door

5th in the Bush some Rain some Snow Randolph Made a cacke of his own about 9 lbs a Good lot of ice Going Down A Big Jam Struck on the head of the Island

6th a Fine Day The steamer Sparry's First starting out to Day Mr Smallman putting out Manure 3 Indians came to ight Day an Qark{illegible} Fixed the Canoe put it our Bismarck and I went to the Sturgeon Island shot at a White Owl Did not Get him too far off

7th Livinia not well Blowing hard Indians here cant Fish cold Rain piling Firewood at the Door Made an Axe handle

8th Indians went off Gordon Sugaring in the Bush piling Wood at the Door a Big cake of Ice at the Door went off Wind high West

9th Blowing hard I went up around the Island Found a Canada cent at the Head of the Island set Fire to some of the Marsh at the North side of the Island Gordon and Randolph Sugaring in the Bush a Bother watching the Cows from going to the sugar Bush New Moon to Day those Planets is in conjunction with the Moon and other Planets and Sun that Makes a change in the weather

10th Boiling in the Bush Drawing Logs to the Bank Drawing Big Stones from the East End of the house E Wind hailed to night