one next behind, and those who had no room on the staff lay down on top of their predecessors until the whole team was crowded together in a round lump 6 - 8 feet in diameter and almost as high. The boys were now laid on their backs on this altar and were cut with their glasses by the Turlos, to the constant humming, or rather grunting, of the men lying beneath them.

After the action was completed, the men once again lined up at a short distance with the same gestures, then the leader threw his staff over the boys, which they all cheered, and everything was over, except that after a while a brand of fire was given to the Turlos and whispered something in their ears.

The young men were then led by two men to a special place where they would stay until they healed. –

Since the children were not allowed to go over the edge of the river bank because of the ceremony described above, there could be no school today.

( 209 ) Mr. Fiedler and Fritz Kavel were with me, the former borrowed another £26 from me, so that with the previous £37 I now have to demand £63 sterling from him.

December 29th, 1839. Sunday.
Today I wanted to go with Br. Teichelmann to Messrs. Bot[h]e(190) and Aldenhoven(191), but since Teichelmann was annoying me with his activities, I let him go alone and went to Klemzig. Bertha hadn't expected me, so she was very happy that I had come; She complained to me that she was so worried and anxious that she would have written to me if only she had had someone to send.

The reason for mentioning my name came from Fiedler himself; impossible [inappropriate] Pastor Kavel would have given an example like mine, whereupon he would have said that he should only always say when he thinks what it helps to keep quiet.

December 30th, 1839.
Mr. Moorhouse told me that the Governor had sent the Raminyere Tamurewe to Taltarrnar and had not permitted him to come to Adelaide. Mr. Stevenson, as Moorhouse also told me, wants to see the native children's school and report on it. Quod non [Why not].

Today I had ( 210 ) the opportunity to see how the natives bled themselves. Everyone does this to themselves by tying a string around their upper arm, just like the Europeans do, and then taking a piece of sharp glass with which they drill the