compatriot Mr. Pfender's, where in the evening I made the acquaintance of compatriots Drebing(66), Hoffmann(67), Sturm(68) and Appel(69), who, among other things, expressed the desire to have a German church service.

October 23rd, 1838. Tuesday.
We were invited to lunch by Preacher Stow and, as is natural in English custom, to tea. Among the many things that were said, there was also something theological, whereby the points on which the teaching of the Protestant Church differs, especially the teaching of the sacraments and the church, did not remain untouched. Mr. Stow very kindly offered us his chapel for worship until 11 a.m., which offer we accepted all the more gratefully as we were looking for such a place where we could build ourselves up together.

October 24th, 1838. Wednesday.
We asked the protector of the natives whether we would perhaps be allowed to temporarily move into the unused house that had been built as a schoolhouse for the natives, which he readily agreed to and added that he himself had had the same idea. As a result, I immediately made preparations to leave Mr. Lester's apartment (because the feeling of living there, eating and drinking out of grace and mercy was too unbearable for me) although Br. T. opposed this.

October 26th, 1838. Friday.
In the evening we had tea with Mr. Wyatt(70), where very entertaining discussions took place about man, insofar as he is an animal, and about animals, insofar as they have understanding.

October 28th, 1838. Sunday.
We would have taken advantage of Preacher Stow's offer if the change to our apartment last week hadn't caused us too much worry. We heard Preacher Stow preach today, mediocre; Schreivogel was also there, whose condition had improved greatly.

( 053 ) November 1st, 1838.
[This day] was a festival day for the natives that has certainly never been equaled in their history. His Excellency, the governor, had had a lunch prepared for them, consisting of roast beef, rice, rusks and tea. But such a celebration also required festive decorations; and the majority of adults had received this. Many, especially the women, had been given a simple woolen blanket; but of the men about 15-20 were dressed up in a very conspicuous manner. To cover their heads, everyone had a blue soldier's cap with a white brim and no peak; instead of a coat, one half wore red woolen sailor shirts and the other half wore blue woolen ones. The latter had a yellow stripe of calico(71) around the body as a sash(72), and a purple stripe around the shoulders as a bandolier [shoulder strap]; the former with the red shirt, on the other hand, had violet-colored sashes and yellow bandoliers.