They then asked whether I had seen Jehovah, whether he was like a man or an animal, whether he sat in my house? Finally I asked Ityamaiitpinna to tell me where the red color on the Warrawarra's tongue came from before he sucked, to which he replied that it was enough now, I should speak no more, that the blacks were bad p p, all, it seemed to me, out of mockery.

December 5th, 1839.
Today I visited my dear Bertha and brought her a poem that I had started to give to her for her birthday, but which I only finished afterwards. She was very happy about it and thanked me warmly for it, adding that it surpassed everything else.

December 6th, 1839.
Moorhouse himself now seems to be interested in Yammaruwe getting land in Encounter Bay and in going with me ( 185 ), for he said he was afraid that before the Governor came back all the good land there would be voted away: as soon as the governor got back he wanted to talk to him about this matter.

December 7th, 1839. Saturday.
From Tuesday onwards I worked all week on putting up a fence around Teichelmann's house and garden, with the intention of keeping the natives busy, because it seemed almost a sin to me to see them lazing around in front of us without trying everything to get them to work. I succeeded in my intention because several people worked hard all week. --

It seems as if the natives realize that we are looking out for their best interests, and that their attachment to us, which is becoming more and more evident every day, is as much a consequence of this as of our knowledge of their language. God grant that they will soon be able to fully learn what our intention is among them and that they will then allow it to be achieved in themselves.

December 9th, 1839.
While Br. Teichelmann and me were again busy putting up his fence, Mr. Hall, the Governor's private secretary ( 186 ), suddenly and unexpectedly came to us. I asked him for advice as to how I should get food etc. to Wirramu in the future, to which he gave me the pleasant answer that the government would bring it to me on their ship "Waterwitch". From his conversation we could conclude that the withdrawal of rations from the natives was in no way His Excellency's initiative, for Hall said he did not agree with Moorhouse on this point. Of course, the natives would have to be expected to work for what they received; But repeated attempts must also be made to get them to work by viewing and treating them as children. Br. Teichelmann indicated that the transfer of the office of Protector of the Natives from Mr. Wyatt to [Mr.] Moorhouse was not very beneficial to the blacks, to which Hall replied that that was his opinion too. He believed that if [Mr.] Wyatt wanted to publish his collection of words, it would be very good.