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James Cameron Island

2nd of June 1900 East Wind rained heavy water High working at the floor Windy

3rd fine Whit Sunday Pentecoast water High

4th very fine day E W old George the 3rd Birth Day it was kept up for a long time Ionia and I went to Kit Kit Island Ed Renshaw came with the 2 young pigs Stanley took up the sticks from the lower point done clabording the west side of the house Fernandez to Summerstown

5th working at the Northeast end of the house Leander painting his boat at the Granary Stanley made a place for the pigs and fixing the West fence

6th fine day on this day Sir John A McDonald Departed painting the boat working at the house 2 of them crofsed took a small tenent of butter and 20 Doz of eggs and the Letter to Dr A Landon got a postal card from John Cameron Kansas

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James Cameron Island

7th of June 1900 Fine cloudy few drops of rain West Wind Fernandez went to Lancaster sent for doors Elixir and castor oil and Renshaw here gave him some 2 kinds of corn to plant painting the boat putting the Windows let out the 4 calves

8th fine rain last night took lumber from Lancaster tea castor oil Downs Elixir went around the island fixing around the door on the North side and claboarding on the North side painting the boat killed the large snake up in the bay found a turtle cut my hair

9th Auntie Mary's Birth day 1813 fine W Wind and Renshaw here with the Mare took my mail and Dr Landon's papers and catalog for Fernandez crossed to took home his Bycycle

10th fine put out his boat Charlie O'Neil here and son here

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