wives and children
who were on board, were sorely grieved.--Dober's Diary.)

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Wesley. Dec. 10th, Wednesday.

We sailed from Cowes, and in the afternoon passed the Needles. From
this day to the fourteenth being in the Bay of Biscay, the sea was very
rough. Mr. Delamotte and others were more sick than ever; Mr. Ingham a
little; I not at all. But the fourteenth being a calm day, most of the
sick were cured at once.

====== 22 Dec. 1735.

Nitschmann. Dec. 22nd.

The wind was east, and we sailed nine miles an hour, but were all very
sea-sick.

====== 23 Dec. 1735.

Wesley. Dec. 12th.

(In the forenoon we left the man-of-war, he not being able to sail as
fast as our ships.--Ingham's Journal.)

====== 25 Dec. 1735.

Nitschmann. Dec. 25th.

As this was Christmas Day we read Matt. 8 in our prayer service. The
wind had died down, everyone felt much better, and it was a beautiful
day.

====== 27 Dec. 1735.

Nitschmann. Dec. 27th.

At midnight there was a great storm, and the waves broke over the ship;
the middle hatch was open, and the water poured in, running into our
cabin, so that we had to take everything out of them until we could dry
them.

====== 30 Dec. 1735.

Nitschmann. Dec. 30th.

The weather was again pleasant.

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Wesley. Dec. 19th.

(Messrs. Wesley and I, with Mr. Oglethorpe's approbation, undertook to
visit, each of us, a part of the ship, and daily to provide the sick
people with water-gruel, and such other things as were necessary for
them.--Ingham's Journal.)

====== 1 Jan. 1736.

Nitschmann. Jan. 1, 1736.

It was New Year's Day, and Mr. Oglethorpe's birthday.

(Br. Nitschmann asked us to select a number of verses, wrote them out
and presented them as a birthday greeting to Mr. Oglethorpe. It was a
beautiful day, warm and calm.--Dober's Diary.)

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Wesley. Dec. 21st, Sunday.

We had fifteen communicants, which was our usual number on Sundays.

(This being Mr. Oglethorpe's birthday, he gave a sheep and wine to the
people, which, with the smoothness of the sea, and the serenity of
the sky, so enlivened them that they perfectly recovered from their
sea-sickness.

On Christmas Day, also, Mr. Oglethorpe gave a hog and wine to the
people.--Ingham's Journal.)

====== 5 Jan. 1736.

Nitschmann. Jan. 5th.

(To-day, according to the old style, Christmas was celebrated on our
ship. Br. Nitschmann spoke on the words, "Unto us a Child is born, unto
us a Son is give