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James Cameron Island

19th of Oct 1898 E Wind Raining most all Day Ploughed 1 Round a Lot of Shooting East and South side Boys Treed the Head of the Island for Ducks

20th very Fine E Wind Ploughing Back of the Barn and Taken out stones Fernandez went awy Down and acrofs and never got a Duck he Shot a Loon Mr Genie came this Evening Mice awful Plenty Sport Kills a Lot

21st E Wind Taking out Stones Genie Went to see Jo Lemay came Back Rained some putting the Stones in the Lane Fence The Dredge went off to Day Fernandez went for the Mail got the Glengarrian

22 Fine E Wind changed to West Plouging the Potato Ground Gave Genie the Loon Took in some apples From the Lower Point Rained Hard

23rd Livinia (Sissy) Birth Day 1868 Gordon Leander Went Down East to hunt

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James Cameron Island

24th Oct 1898 Our Hugh's Birth Day Fine EW Genie set his Line Ploughed the Potato Ground got about 3 Bushels Fixing Boards at the East End for the Banking Randolph and Leander went to hunt Down to Point-Muay Lots of Ducks

25th St Crispin's Day all Shoemakers Day My Birth Day 73 years old to Day at 4 oclock 1825 EW very Fine Day Digging out Stone at the Back of the Barn Genie went off a Great Day of Shooting to Day Leander crofsed to Summerstown

26th Raining to Day a Good Lot of Shooting to Day Leander at the Little Island North Side Shot 27 Ducks Fernandez and Ed Renshaw there too Got a Peice of Pork From Ed

27th Unfortunate Day {think the rest of the page is torn away, exposing the next page}

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