October 23rd, 1840.
According to an appointment, I went to Felsthal with Friedrich White today. Mr. Biddle(069) escorted us there from his station and on the way back he invited us to lunch. Biddle is a pleasant and well-educated young man, has traveled in Germany and speaks some German, so I felt particularly attracted to him. He offered two bottles of wine and invited me to stay with him for a while later. Tired from the rather long walk and the heat of the day, we returned to Newenham towards evening. At the latter I read the "7th Night" from "Young's(070) [Night] Thoughts: The Unbeliever is Instructed", which really edified me. [Edward Young (1683 - 1765), The complaint: or: Night-Thoughts of Life, Death & Immortality, Night VII: The Infidel Reclaimed(071)] [Schuermann here already used the "germanized" name "Jung".]

October 24th, 1840.
After breakfast I walked along the [River] Tod(072) to Brown's Station(073), but found no trace of natives, and the people at the station told me they ( 032 ) had not seen any near them for six months. From Brown I returned to White via Newenham's Station to go into town with him. In the afternoon Mr. Eyre and later also [Mr.] Scott passed by White's Station on their voyage to Streaky Bay(074), the "Waterwitch" having returned on the 22nd of the month with Mr. Scott and provisions on board. At Eyre's request both me and White went with him to his camp about 1 1/2 miles to the west and stayed until 9 1/2 o'clock.

October 25th, 1840. Sunday.
[Mr.] Eyre had invited us to breakfast yesterday, but Mr. White didn't want to go, so Mr. Poole went with me instead. About midday Mr. White followed, but soon went back with Poole. I stayed until the evening because Mr. Eyre wanted me to take with me some of his letters that he had written during the day.

October 26th, 1840.
This morning Mr. Eyre came to White again to buy some skins from him. He took two of them and then, accompanied by our blessings, rode off after his previous traveling party. Eyre is a highly experienced, thoughtful and noble-minded man who must be respected by everyone who knows him. ( 033 ) Mr. White and I went to town today; when we arrived at Dr. Harvey's, we were met by the magistrate, who told me that he had sent for me to summon me on Wednesday the 28th of this month, having received a letter from Mr. Hall, the Governor's Private Secretary, to the effect that I had reported to the Protector of the Natives, Mr. Moorhouse, that a tribe of innocent natives had been cruelly treated by the police, into which he was to make a strict inquiry. I replied that I had indeed reported to the protector that the natives had been treated cruelly, but I had not accused the police, but, taking a general stance, had merely described the harsh treatment of the native inhabitants. With the "Emu", which came back from Adelaide yesterday, I received a letter from Moorhouse, who simply informed me that he had received my letter regarding the imprisonment of the natives. I received a letter from Br. Teichelmann that had already been written on October 1st and had not very pleasant content.