(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 given.”--Dober’s Diary.) ====== 9 Jan. 1736. Wesley. Dec. 29th. (We are now past the latitude of twenty-five degrees, and are got into what they call the Trade winds, which blow much the same way all the year round. The air is balmy, soft, and sweet. The ship glides smoothly and quietly along. The nights are mild and pleasant, being beautifully adorned with the shining hosts of stars, “Forever singing as they shine, The Hand that made us is divine.” --Ingham’s Journal.) ====== 10 Jan. 1736. Nitschmann. Jan. 10th. (We have been running for several days with the Trade winds. Here the day is two hours longer than it is in Germany at this season. The sailors wished to adhere to their custom of initiating those who crossed the Tropic of Cancer for the first time, but Gen. Oglethorpe forbade it. The weak, the children, and the sick, are well cared for, so that the nine months’ old child receives an egg and some goat’s milk every day.--Dober’s Diary.) ====== 12 Jan. 1736. Nitschmann. Jan. 12th. To-day, according to the old style, we celebrated the New Year. ====== 20 Jan. 1736. Nitschmann. Jan. 20th. An English clergyman asked us how often we celebrated the Lord’s Supper, saying that he thought it a sacrifice which consecrated and improved the life. We told him our view; he said he would like to visit Herrnhut. (We re-crossed the Tropic of Cancer.--Dober’s Diary.) ====== 21 Jan. 1736. Nitschmann. Jan. 21st. (We are still in the Trade wind, and sail swiftly and steadily.) We cannot thank God enough that we are all well, only Mrs. Demuth is always sea-sick when the wind rises. ====== 23 Jan. 1736. Nitschmann. Jan. 23rd. We saw a ship. ---- Wesley. Jan. 12th, 1736. (I began to write out the English Dictionary in order to learn the Indian tongue.--Ingham’s Journal.) ====== 26 Jan. 1736. Wesley. Jan. 15th. Complaint being made to Mr. Oglethorpe of the unequal distribution of the water among the passengers, he appointed new officers to take charge of it. At this the old ones and their friends were highly exasperated against us, to whom they imputed the change. But “the fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise.” ====== 27 Jan. 1736. Nitschmann. Jan. 27th.