both knees wrapped in a wreath of leaves, stamped alternately with one foot or both, depending on the singers singing, and in such a frantic manner that they could hardly be seen against the billowing dust. As soon as one was exhausted, he came forward and lay down with the crowd of those who had already danced before him, always making a triumphant noise from those ( 058 ) standing by. The resulting gap was immediately filled again by one of those standing further back until everyone had their turn. When the last one sank down from exhaustion, everyone got up on their knees and made a short movement backwards and forwards with a horrible dull grunting sound. It should be noted that the women were completely inactive, except that one or the other voluntarily made a movement from one side to the other, following the rhythm of the singing and dancing. In general, the whole thing was likely to awaken the spirits of a European, and their spirits are sometimes said to have been so excited by such games that they went completely mad.

November 3rd, 1838.
We have long been anxious to get the natives to wash themselves, which they never do, to which uncleanliness I attribute the almost universal eye-sickness among [them]. Today we succeeded with several boys in the following way; we were drinking tea when they came into our hut; and as usual they begged for tea; I said they should get some on condition that they wash their faces and hands first. This enticement was immediately able to achieve what all the pleading had failed to achieve. It was clear from their clumsiness that they were washing for the first time in their lives. Br. Teichelmann now began to comb one of them's hair, which they liked so much that they all wanted to be combed and one even asked me if I would like to cut off his curls, which were caked with ocher, so that he too could be combed.

November 4th, 1838. Sunday.
[It] was a day of joy for us because for the first time in this country we were able to worship and praise the Lord our God together and in our native language. ( 059 ) The Independent Preacher Stow willingly offered us his chapel. Unfortunately, the number of listeners was exceptional and only four. Br. Teichelmann preached on Psalm 1(074).

November 11th, 1838. Sunday.
I preached for the first time in South Australia on Matthew 7: 24 - 27(075) to 6 listeners.

{ The entry of November 17th cannot correspond to the events listed there in terms of the date. The "Prince George" arrived in South Australia with Pastor Kavel and other German emigrant families only on November 18th. The "Zebra" reached Port Adelaide on December 28th. Since this is a diary, it must be assumed that some entries were not made on the same day of the event, but were possibly added later. Due to the late arrival in South Australia, the visit to the "Zebra" must possibly have taken place in 1839. }