May 31st, 1840. Sunday.
Most of the natives have left since the 25th, so the number of our students last week was small, and so is the number of my listeners today. I read the Ten Commandments and told them the circumstances under which they were given. Since Br. Teichelmann was hoarse, I performed the service; I read a very instructive and edifying meditation from Porst on the temptations of Satan. Kleinschmidt reported for admission to the Klemzig community on Ascension Day, the 28th of this month.

June 1st, 1840.
I went to Klemzig with Mr. Meyer to get money from Mr. Fiedler. Bertha, who was friendly to the point of being unseemly, told me that he had gone to see me with the pastor. Bertha invited me to settle down, but I went straight to Mrs. Pastor, who told me that Mr. August Fiedler had written to his daughter in connection with Schlinke in Hahndorf, and that the latter's request to be summoned had already been rejected twice because he (Pastor Kavel) had to speak to me first, which is why he had just gone to me. Br. Teichelmann he-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[At this point the Adelaide portion of the diary ends abruptly and is not continued until September with the Port Lincoln portion.]

[At the end of this part of the diary there is a letter from Dr. Müller and two letters from Theodor Nickel, including those relating to the diary, which are attached below.]