assure us that it is said to be very pretty; They seem to be practicing the use of their weapons, which consist of a spear made of hard wood burned at one end and then sharpened, a club and something with which they push the spears and which has this shape:

(Abb. 01) Woomera

October 15th, 1838.
After we had breakfast and talked to the blacks for a few hours, we went to the bank where we handed in our letters from Angas to get money. But how astonished we were when we heard that we could only get £25 after three months. The bank manager was kind enough to let us read the letter, and in it we found an excerpt from P. Wermelskirch's letter to Angas, which stated that Angas should issue us a bill of exchange for £100 a year, from which £25 was to be withdrawn every 1/4 year. He had done this, but ( 049 ) nothing more. Now we sat there, deserted by our friends, without a farthing in our pockets, in a place where one can easily spend half a pound a day without being the least wasteful. How should such a procedure be interpreted by the company and Mr. Angas, was it intentional, was it negligence, both at the same time; The intention was not to give us more than £ 100 a year; What was negligent that they didn't make sure that the money would be paid to us in advance. What should I think in such a situation? What other than that while we were safe, our supposed friends laid the cards. What should I do? Should I cry womanish tears? Should I grind my teeth? Or should I allow silent harm to eat away at my heart. Everything happened alternately. Consoled and helpless, we went back to the bank, where we reported our situation to Mr. Angas's former clerk, Calton(60), and his current manager here. Both were of the opinion that our situation was caused by a misunderstanding on Mr. Angas' part and that it would be easy to resolve it through their intervention. In this hope we made arrangements to have our tent and the rest of our things carried to the city on a cart drawn by oxen, and to settle in one of Mr. Angas' fields, next to Mr. Lester's(61) apartment.

October 16th, 1838.
We went to the city with most of our belongings, but some boxes and the tent had to be left behind because ( 050 ) they could not be found in the ship's hold. Fortunately, one end of Mr. Lester's hut was uninhabited, in which we temporarily set up our abode until we found our tent and a place more convenient for our work. Our closest neighbor is a German family called Pfender(62), who gave us a very friendly welcome. They have 2 children, the youngest of whom is 2 months old and will be baptized by one of us next Sunday. Mrs. Pfender is the only fellow countrywoman here; and I remark here in passing that anyone who wanted to persuade half a hundred fellow countrymen to emigrate here would be doing a pleasing work and doing a great service to his young compatriots living here.