when the norther and the cold begin anew. We were very happy when around 4 o‘clock the cook arose and started a cheerful fire in the kitchen next to our room, out of which one could step into through an open door, and we could stand around the fire and warm ourselves. Each of us also ordered from her a portion of coffee to warm ourselves inwardly, which we already took at 5 1/2 o’clock. Since the storm had subsided somewhat further during the day, and some sailors had arrived from our ship to take aboard the Captain, who had also spent the night here, I took advantage of this opportunity and rode along. The medicine I brought along was of little help to my wife, although it had cost 75 cents, or more than a Prussian dollar, and one could have bought the same in the old homeland for around 3 or 4 silver Groschen; but anyway, my wife got better herself; to the contrary, I fell sick and had to lay in bed for 8 days. My illness originated partly from fear, when the storming ocean waves covered me in the small boat and soaked me through and through, partly from the cold which I took in the wet clothes, especially, in the cold night in Galveston. Still, I too, recovered again and daily visited the city as long as we were still in the harbor, partly alone, partly also with my wife. The visit to the city was made easier for us in that our ship docked at the bridge, of which there are several here for this purpose, to thereby make the unloading and loading easier; they are built on driven-in stakes so deep in the sea, that ships can dock there easily and on which the goods to be loaded or unloaded can be brought to or hauled away on wagons. On this bridge, we also were allowed to go back and forth as we pleased. The city of Galveston, which has the most important sea harbor in the state of Texas, isn’t large, it numbers about 200 to 300 houses and 2 to 3,000 inhabitants. But all of the houses are built of very light wood and, as mentioned, all covered with light boards. Most of them stand a few feet above the ground, especially those bordering the sea, on driven-in stakes, because at the time