refused this application, ostensibly because the subject matter had nothing to do with the purpose of the present investigation. adding, if I wanted something of this kind conveyed to the Governor, I would like to write it down myself in a letter to him, which he will then send to Adelaide.

Since today was the festival of church improvement [Reformation Day], I celebrated a holiday with Gottfried and read a sermon from [by] Hofacker(079). In the evening Mr. Friedrich White came to me.

( 039 ) November 1st, 1840. Sunday.
I made the acquaintance of Mr. Hagen(080), an informed, experienced and therefore experienced man [experienced is repeated]. Towards the evening Dr. Harvey came to me with Mr. Hagen and invited me to tea. There were also Mr. Winter, [Mr.] Newenham and the two Mr. White.

November 2nd, 1840.
As agreed, I went to Sleaford Bay with Mr. Hagen at 9 o'clock this morning. Not knowing the way, we went too far south from the top of Port Lincoln and came upon Lake Sleaford on the right, when we should have had it on the left. We saw a native fire about four miles north of the head of Port Lincoln, but it was too far out of the way and the country too rocky to go. When we arrived in the bay exhausted at 4 1/2 o'clock, we heard that Captain Hard(081) was on board the "John Pirie," [a] schooner, and Hagen decided to go on board; I would have gone with him if I had not missed the opportunity while examining the spring(082) in the bay. I slept at the overseer, and, which was not very appropriate for me, in the same bed as a man named Hill(083).

November 3rd, 1840.
This morning I wanted to go on board the schooner, but when we were not far away, Captain Hard ordered the skipper to take his cutter in tow ( 040 ) to help him out of the little bay. This cutter was going to Adelaide, which made me all the more sorry that I hadn't gone on board the evening before. After leading the cutter out, we went on board the „John Pirie“, waited until Mr. Hagen had breakfast, and the two of us, me and Hagen, then went back to Port Lincoln, accompanied by Hill and later Barnett(084). On the way back we saw a huge fire on the south side of Port Lincoln. When I got home, Gottfried told me that Mr. Smith had sent a letter.

November 4th, 1840.
I wrote a letter to the magistrate regarding the imprisonment and further treatment of nine natives. In the evening Mr. Winter and [Mr.] Newenham were here and told me that they had seen natives and that they were friendly.

November 5th, 1840.
Dr. Harvey invited me to go with him in his boat to Louth Bay, promising me that he would land where we saw natives. We [saw] fire about 4 miles from Louth Bay,