eyes at noon Sunday. Oh, what joy it will be after such a long time, at last, to have God's earthly domain under foot. Galveston is however, only an island with the city of Galveston, on which the harbor lays, in which our Neptune is to enter. From there we will go to sea once more but on much smaller vessels which will bring us to Matagorda Bay and out of this, to Lavaca Bay, where we are, at last, to be set on land and sent to our colony. This second sea voyage can, in the meantime, if it goes well, be concluded in two days. The sky is clear today, the air pleasant, and no longer nearly as hot as in the area of St. Domingo and Cuba.

Saturday, the 22nd of November, 1845. The past night fairly stormy showers of rain with sheet lightning and strong wind gusts out of the south. By day fairly windy and clear weather, afternoons, west wind, which does not especially promote the speed of our voyage, because it is coming almost directly toward us; at 12 o'clock noon, we should be only 28 miles distant from Galveston. The sea is continually driving trees, moss, and other things on its surface, among them, two-foot long and one-foot wide leaves which one takes to be cactus, a sign that we must not be far from land. Meanwhile, our crew continually forewarned us of a storm from the north, which they have had to endure on every voyage which they have made here, earlier, every time before they were in the harbor, and now base their prediction on their experience-still, we trust in the Lord who was a faithful guide to us on the long voyage over the ocean, led us to here without mishap, and will continue to protect us with His omnipotence and guide us happy and safe into the harbor at Galveston!

Sunday, the 23rd of November, 1845. The announced storm broke over us after 2 o'clock tonight, out of the north. It filled the horizon with dark, impenetrable fog, so that clear sight into the distance was impossible, also the depth of the sea suddenly went down to 7 fathoms, so that the continuance of our voyage could easily be destructive for us. Therefore, the Captain preferred rather to anchor and to lay still than to