8 Friday
The air is pretty cool this morning and the wind quite fresh
and chilly.
At 9 A.M. bundled in cloak & hood went out in a
small boat to fish.
sailed down the Harbor 2 1/2 miles had one
bite, but lost it, stopt at
the Siscowit Mining Co's location
visited the grave yard there, there are
only three graves in it
and one of them is a man that starved to death
on this
Island in the month of March A. D. 1844, his wife was the only
person
then remaining on this Island, and she supported herself by ensnaring
Rabbits,79 We now got into our boat
and came about half way home
where we crossed over to a small Island oposite,
launched our boat
strolled about the Island for some time at length we
found berries
of different varieties, Whortleberries, mulberries, wild
pears, & cherries
and a few red Raspberries, clambered up some very
high rocks
and then down to a gravelly beach, where we found some very
pretty stones. In attempting to step from one point of rock to an-
other
my foot slipped and I fell into the water, this was my
first bath in Lake
Superior. Mr. Douglass helped me out and
rang my clothes, and then
made all possible speed for home.
9 Saturday
Feel the effects of my cold bath a little this morning, but
not half as
much so as I expected. think I shall be more
cautious in future.
The air seems cold enough for snow. I can
hardly keep warm by the
stove the wood is green pine and
very wet at that.