-- 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.
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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 lasted.
Mr. Oglethorpe and the preacher, John Wesley, are very careful
of the passengers' welfare; the latter shows himself full of love for us.
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