( 024 ) July 25th, 1838. Wednesday.
Miss Gawler took her first German lesson with me. Deceived by her physical size, I thought she was more mature than she really is and usually can be given her age. I found in her great childlike impartiality, even youthful flightiness.

July 26th, 1838. Thursday.
A woman among the travelers in the steerage gave birth to a healthy, strong daughter, to the astonishment of everyone, since the mother had been sickly as long as she was on board.

Miss Gawler had to miss classes because of physical weakness.

In the afternoon an accident occurred among the children: one fell down the stairs and was injured so badly that speech and consciousness immediately disappeared and people doubted whether it would make it through.

Towards the evening we received an unexpected visit from a sea stork(037) that circled our ship for a long time. It was therefore expected that when it got dark he would sit down on a mast, fall asleep there, fall down and allow himself to be caught, as is usually the case. But perhaps, frightened away by the report of some shotguns being tried, he disappeared when it became dark.

July 27th, 1838. Friday.
Miss Gawler also missed her lesson today because the movement of the ship was so violent that it affected her head. In fact, the ship ( 025 ) leaned very much to one side, so that it was difficult to stay upright. But such inconveniences are not taken into account when we are only concerned with the goal, as happened today, and very quickly, as we covered 2 German miles every hour.

In the course of the thoughts that passed through my brain that evening, I thought with great vividness how advantageous it would be if the Gentile messengers were educated at home in the same way as the church ministers, and I resolved to write down at the first opportunity the reasons that I thought could be given for the intended education of the Gentile messengers, which is what happens here.

In general, if the Gentile Messengers were formed in the universities of Germany, a closer connection would be brought about between the mother and daughter churches among the Gentiles. But the fact that this connection is an advantage for both parties has already been recognized and expressed by so many that it is unnecessary to say a word more about it. However, this general advantage will only be understood in its entirety if the following individual points are carefully taken into account.

Through the education of the Gentile messengers at the universities