About seven in the evening we fell in with the skirts of a hurricane. The rain as well as the wind was extremely violent. The sky was so dark in a moment, that the sailors could not so much as see the ropes, or set about furling the sails. The ship must, in all probability, have overset, had not the wind fell as suddenly as it rose. ====== 10 Feb. 1736. Nitschmann. Feb. 10th. The whole day was stormy, and all night the waves broke over the ship. ---- Wesley. Jan. 30th. We had another storm, which did us no other harm than splitting the foresail. Our bed being wet, I laid me down on the floor and slept sound till morning. ====== 12 Feb. 1736. Nitschmann. Feb. 12th. (We were obliged to drift, because we did not know how far we were from land. About noon we sighted three ships, sailed toward them, and saw they were English; our sailors lowered the boat, we wrote in haste, and sent letters to Herrnhut. The ships came from Charlestown, and told us we were thirty hours’ run from Georgia.--Dober’s Diary.) ---- Wesley. Feb. 1st, Sunday. (Three sails appearing, we made up toward them, and got what letters we could write, in hopes some of them might be bound for England. One of them, that was bound for London, made towards us, and we put our letters on board her.--Ingham’s Journal.) ====== 13 Feb. 1736. Nitschmann. Feb. 13th. To-day we had another storm, and twice saw the ocean not far from us, drawn up like smoke, so that the water reached up to the clouds, and the ship would have been in great danger if it had struck us. ====== 14 Feb. 1736. Nitschmann. Feb. 14th. Soundings toward evening showed twenty-eight fathoms of water, and we hope to see land to-morrow. ====== 15 Feb. 1736. Nitschmann. Feb. 15th. About two o’clock we saw land. I climbed the mast, and poured out my heart to God, thanking Him, and praying that He would care for us in our new home. We anchored for the night. ---- Wesley. Feb. 4th, Wednesday. About noon the trees were visible from the mast, and in the afternoon from the main deck. In the Evening Lesson were these words, “A great door, and effectual, is opened,” O let no one shut it! ====== 16 Feb. 1736. Nitschmann. Feb. 16th. It was a beautiful day, and the land looked very fair. At two o’clock we reached Tybee, and were all very happy. The song service was blessed, and we thanked God with prayer and praise. ---- Wesley. Feb. 5th. Between two and three in the afternoon God brought us all safe into the Savannah River. We cast anchor near Tybee Island, where the grove of pines, running along the shore, made an agreeable prospect, showing, as it were, the bloom of spring in the depths of winter. ====== 17 Feb. 1736. Nitschmann. Feb. 17th.