− | 12-5 a.m. God be thanks for all His mercies, I and my family are well in the [atlas?]. I am no very [slim?] but I am still able to attend to [??] to do duty in the Ch. [Militant]. Terry want yesterday with Mr. [Hauson] and Harvey Sitwell to shoot ducks at the mouth of the Chemanius River, and they were to stay the night at Gibbs [Robbie]. Deena and my Mary "Tutu" are here on Kuper island with me and my dear wife- [Chausson] + Elouway here on a visit - the 2 latter and Robbie sat up once the New Year comes in. I go [now?] to bed praying [to?] Lord God Our Heavenly Father to watch over us and protect us all in this present year of 1892 [or?] for so love as He may spare our unworthy lives. I have just [unintelligible] [the word?] and hoping this New Year by reading a [part?] of the 10th Chapter of St. John's Gospel.
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