( 008 ) September 11th, 1840.
At daybreak the anchor was raised again, but because we came too close to the bank of the Cannales while cruising and the water drained away quickly because it was low tide, the ship sank to the bottom, so that we were unable to move until the evening of the next high tide. As soon as we were afloat again, the wind continued with a fairly favorable wind, but when exiting the Cannal the ship went too far to the right over the marker [sea] buoy(009) and we were stuck again. At midnight we lay on dry sand so we could walk around the ship. When the tide returned towards morning we were afloat again, without me being aware of it as I was fast asleep. Mr. Kilburn(010), the owner of the "Alice," told me, to my great astonishment, that no provisions had come on board for me.

September 12th, 1840.
We sailed down the Gulf with a favorable and fairly strong wind. Gottfried was very seasick.

September 13th, 1840. Sunday.
The wind was unfavorable to us, and it was stormy and rainy, so that several people were seasick.Worship was therefore out of the question. I read Woltersdorf's(011) Psalms to myself and spent most of the day in bed.

( 009 ) September 14th, 1840.
Adverse wind all day, otherwise pleasant weather. We enjoyed the constant view of Yorke's Peninsula(012) (013) (014), Kangaroo Island(015) (016) and Althorp's Island(017), which somewhat amused the monotonous back and forth of [the] ships in front of the latter. I read Woltersdorf's long and beautiful song: "He's still in his town after all."

September 15th, 1840.
We had had good weather and a favorable wind during the night, so that when I came to the foredeck this morning I saw the Gambier Islands(018) (019) close in front of me. The wind took away my straw hat, which I somewhat regret as I can't get one back in Port Lincoln. Shortly before evening we sailed around the southeastern tip of Thistle Island(020), much to our later regret. The night was very dark and there was a strong north-easterly blowing that threatened to throw us every hour onto the east coast of the said island or the mainland. Recently we had been cruising back and forth against the wind for so long that we no longer knew where we were. In addition, the Capitain and Mr. Kilburn didn't really know which of them ( 010 ) was in charge, so they sulked at each other and looked at our situation with competitive indifference. We were all happy when the moon rose at ten o'clock in the evening that we could at least see the coast. Cold and tired of the indifferent behavior of Kilburn and the Capitain, I finally went to bed, resigning myself to the almighty protection and gracious will of God.