{both pages very dark and hard to decipher}

Mr James Cameron Island June the 24th 1864

Trowling still Fishing Baited the Line very warm those Days Found a Broken Sash on the Water

25th A Fortunate Day Cutting Weeds out of the Potatoes Thunder Very Little Rain here and very much wanted Found 2 oak staves no Fish on the Line

26th Picking Strawberries Gordon Livinia & I

27th 7 sleepers Pat to Charlies cleaning the Weeds of the Potatoes Put the Plough through the Potatoes Pat & Charlie here Left me a Pit Bottle swimming Lashey here going to set his Line tomorrow

29th Went to Williamstown in the Raft Charlie Brought 12 lb of Wool a cake of {illegible} Ellen her little Girl sick with the Whooping Cough Cattanade child Buried to Day a very warm day at George McDonalds a Treat 20 cents piling the Wood {illegible} 1/2 pint from Pat to take home Charlies Bottle {illegible} me a Newspaper stopt all night in the old House Buckwheat up 3 Days ago took Back the cloth & Wool

30th Last Day of June Fishing Rafts Going in abundance took {illegible} Load of Wood hoeing the few hills of Corn

1st of July Went to Mr Renshaws Bought Tea 1/2 lb 2/- 1/2 lb 2/6 Flour 233 lb L1..15..0 Basket 1/3 pails 1/3 Soap 2/- soap -/7 1/2 chimy Lamp -/6 alspice -/4 High Wines Gallon 6/- Emmanuel there {illegible}

2nd Raining Blowing East Wind {illegible} Martin Picking Strawberries {illegible}

{second page}

1864

Mr James Cameron Island July 4th

Hoeing Potatoes Before the Door found some {illegible} but very small found Gordons coppers on a {illegible}

5th Hoeing Potatoes cleaning Beans in the Garden

6th {illegible} Grant here Looking at the colt heard John Dougal McGillis Being Dead Buried on Sunday Last Heard they Found F{illegible} on Saturday the 2nd

7th Fishing on the Ru{illegible} got 3 eels {illegible} 1 Perch Trouble getting {illegible} Lost My spoon

8th Went to Salmon River with a Dollars worth of Flour to Mrs Morris for Pay for the Pig

9th Went to Bosells for Mag got an eel B{illegible} & Martin here all night got 2 Pickeral Charlie here Grinding his scythe

10th Sunday Jim Hopkins {illegible} Paul McDonald here gave me 6 {illegible} aground above the Light House a Raft aground {illegible} the Bar Rained heavy to night the s{illegible}

11th Went to Salmon River {illegible} Betsy Bowen Brought her home here {illegible} Fixed her Boots Bought of Norman King {illegible}crackers 1/2 lb Bought of Bub Baker lb shot {illegible} crews paid A {illegible} here Clowes & Angus {illegible} for sand got none Angus at Dutchers

12th I went to {illegible} Mr Harper Bought of Renshaw 1 Gal W 3/- {illegible} 1/2 Tea 1/6 1 {illegible} Jar took Tea there {illegible} his Bag

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