n."--Dober's Diary.)

====== 9 Jan. 1736.

Wesley. Dec. 29th.

(We are now past the latitude of twenty-five degrees, and are got into
what they call the Trade winds, which blow much the same way all the
year round. The air is balmy, soft, and sweet. The ship glides smoothly
and quietly along. The nights are mild and pleasant, being beautifully
adorned with the shining hosts of stars,

"Forever singing as they shine,
The Hand that made us is divine."
--Ingham's Journal.)

====== 10 Jan. 1736.

Nitschmann. Jan. 10th.

(We have been running for several days with the Trade winds. Here
the day is two hours longer than it is in Germany at this season. The
sailors wished to adhere to their custom of initiating those who crossed
the Tropic of Cancer for the first time, but Gen. Oglethorpe forbade it.
The weak, the children, and the sick, are well cared for, so that
the nine months' old child receives an egg and some goat's milk every
day.--Dober's Diary.)

====== 12 Jan. 1736.

Nitschmann. Jan. 12th.

To-day, according to the old style, we celebrated the New Year.

====== 20 Jan. 1736.

Nitschmann. Jan. 20th.

An English clergyman asked us how often we celebrated the Lord's Supper,
saying that he thought it a sacrifice which consecrated and improved the
life. We told him our view; he said he would like to visit Herrnhut.

(We re-crossed the Tropic of Cancer.--Dober's Diary.)

====== 21 Jan. 1736.

Nitschmann. Jan. 21st.

(We are still in the Trade wind, and sail swiftly and steadily.)

We cannot thank God enough that we are all well, only Mrs. Demuth is
always sea-sick when the wind rises.

====== 23 Jan. 1736.

Nitschmann. Jan. 23rd.

We saw a ship.

----

Wesley. Jan. 12th, 1736.

(I began to write out the English Dictionary in order to learn the
Indian tongue.--Ingham's Journal.)

====== 26 Jan. 1736.

Wesley. Jan. 15th.

Complaint being made to Mr. Oglethorpe of the unequal distribution of
the water among the passengers, he appointed new officers to take charge
of it. At this the old ones and their friends were highly exasperated
against us, to whom they imputed the change. But "the fierceness of man
shall turn to thy praise."

====== 27 Jan. 1736.

Nitschmann. Jan. 27th.

(As there was little good water left the passengers were given poor
water, but when Oglethorpe heard of it, he ordered that all, in the
Cabin and outside, should be treated alike, as long as the good water