In the evening the native of New South Valais, who I already knew, was with the natives behind my house, accompanied by his compatriot. The latter is a much more educated and better young man, 19 years old, baptized and raised in an orphanage. According to him, he has 3 sisters and 2 brothers and both parents are still alive. He knew the letters but couldn't read; He seemed to me to have a reasonable knowledge of the Christian religion. (The name "Murrai" is from his language) ( 141 ) and the natives who live there speak the same language. Many words sound similar to the ones here. He knew that the natives of Lake Alexandrina speak a different language.

September 27th, 1839.
In the morning I went into town with Mr. Moorhouse to the Southern Cross(149) to see the Bathurst(150) native already mentioned. On the way back I bought a dress for Bertha for 17 1/2 shillings. In the afternoon [I] went to Klemzig in the company of Pastor Kavel. He had just received a letter from Angas with the news that 200 Germans from the Breslau area were on their way here.

Stayed with Mr. Fiedler until around 1 a.m., due to his open-heartedness and talkative nature. When the little ones wanted to go to bed, Bertha asked me to go outside with her; On this occasion I first had the great happiness of kissing a kind and loving woman, my beloved Bertha.

September 29th, 1839. Sunday.
I was in Klemzig all day. Bertha didn't go to church in the morning, in the afternoon Pastor Kavel, me and Krummnow talked about the latter's trip to Encounter Bay, and came to what me and Krummenow had already come to yesterday, namely that he should live with me and that I wanted to help him in return for his ( 142 ) help with home education, but that he would have to provide for his own maintenance. --

Bertha told me that our love had become widely known because of August's carelessness. I stayed the night in Klemzig because of the unfriendly weather, but unfortunately I had little opportunity to talk to Bertha in private because Ferdinand Kavel stayed so late with Mr. Fiedler. This lack of entertainment caused a great gap or emptiness inside me.

September 30th, 1839.
Mr. Fiedler and Pastor Kavel wanted to buy four Timor horses today, or rather just get them because they had already been bought, but there was a lack of money. Mr. Fiedler had promised to lend me one of his two horses to Encounter Bay. Mr. Bauer, who visited me this evening, told me that I was on everyone's lips as someone who wanted to marry Mr. Fiedler's daughter. The news had come from Hahndorf and was reinforced by the fact that Mr. Fiedler wanted me to sit in front of him on Sunday, something he had never done before.