approached the Trade-Winds, which are reckoned to blow all the Year from the Eastward.

Jan. 25. WE Sung Te Deum, and praised the Almighty with our Lips and Hearts.

Jan. 26. GOD was pleased to give us very fair Weather, with the Continuation of the Trade- Wind,

Jan. 28. AN Alarm of Fire caused a great Consternation in the whole Ship, but no ill Accident ensued. For my part, I think that GOD designed by this Alarm, to call us to Repentance; and to put us in mind of the Uncertainty of this Life, and the Eternity of the next. In reality, almost all became serious; and if they were not thoroughly converted, yet they could not help thinking with terror, how miserable must have been their Condition, had they by so sudden an Accident, been brought before the Tribunal of an offended and just Go D. Being recovered from our Fright, we [Saltzburgers] joined in our Praises unto the LORD, singing Hymns and Psalms, promising before him, never to offend his holy Majesty by any known Sin whatsoever.

Jan. 30. THIS Day we felt a great deal of Heat; and, for Refreshment, washed between the Decks, where the People lay, with Vinegar.

Jan. 31. A GREAT Shower of Rain fell, and the Wind changed to West. Thus GoD confounds the Opinions of Men, and convinces them, that He is Almighty and Master of the Winds; for the Sailors, who had persuaded us, that the TradeWind blew constantly from the same Quarter, found now the contrary.

February 6. AT Night, a tempestuous Wind arose, but GOD in his Goodness, held his Almighty Hand over us, and was pleased the next Day to give us a good Wind, which advanced us five or six Miles an Hour.

Feb. 16. AT Two in the Afternoon, the Wind turned contrary N. by W. but being very gentle, the Sea was calm all that Night. It is remarkable, that hitherto, the contrary Winds have always been gentle, and immediately followed by a Calm, so that we never went back.

Feb. 17. WE had this Evening at Prayers Psal. 1. 14. Offer unto God Thanksgiving, and pay thy Vows unto the most Highest; Which we heartily did, for all his loving Mercies vouchsafed unto us; and at the same time, we vowed a Vow, as Jacob did in Gen. xxviii. and the 20th Verse.

Feb. 18. AT Two in the Afternoon, the Wind was strong at S. and soon after, it proved contrary, and extremely violent.

I was very much surprized to see the Sea rise so high; a Tempest darkned the Sky; the Waves swelled and foamed; and every thing threatned to overwhelm us in the Deep. All the Sails were furled; the Violence of the Wind was so great, that it tore the Main Sail in pieces. Besides which, the Mate cried out, that the Water rose fast in the Hold: but though he spoke Truth, the Ship received no Damage. We sighed, we cried unto GOD, and prayed him to help us. He heard, and comforted us by some Passages of the Holy Scripture, as Isa. li. 15. Psal. xxxix. 7, 8. Job. chap. xiv. and xvii.

Feb. 20. We saw a Scotch Ship, bound for Charles-town, and soon lost Sight of her again.

Feb. 27. LAST Night we had the Wind contrary W. S. W. but God granted us a sweet Repose, and renewed our Strength, the better to undergo a Tempest, which a Wind at W. by S. brought upon us by Break of Day. This Storm was more dreadful than the other. One sees always Death present in a Storm, and is more sensibly convinced of this Truth, that there may be but a moment between Life and Death. Wherefore those who are not throughly converted to Gon, and assured of the Happiness of the Life to come, are the most miserable at Sea for if they chance to perish, they perish in their Sins. We made the Holy Scriptures our Refuge, some Passages whereof did mightily comfort us, as Isa. liv. 7, 8. and the following verses, Luk. xviii. 7, 8. Heb. v. 7. Mic. vii. 18. Divine Mercy preserved us through our Saviour, and at Night the Wind abated.

March 1. As Samuel erected a Pillar which he called Ebenezer; so did we also erect in our Hearts an eternal Memorial of the divine Favours. I speak it in Truth, that I look upon it as the greater Mercy to my poor Soul, that Go D has vouchsafed to send me with the two Reverend Ministers, and the Saltzburgers.

Mar. 3. WE were comforted, and our Hopes were revived by Psal. lxv. lxii. 12. xci. 93. Isa. xli. 13, 14. xliii. 12. xxxi. 5. and Psal. Ixi.

Mar. 4. WE sounded this Morning at six, and drew up some Sand and Soil of Carolina; neither did the Water appear so black as before, but look'd yellowish. The Captain lay by to make an Observation, and was hindred by the Cloudiness of the Weather: but a Snow, bound from Carolina to Pensilvania, passed by us, and gave us an Account how the Land lay. The Captain told me, we were ten Leagues distant from the Shore.

Mar, 5. A S. S. W. arose, which carried us, through the Mercy

Mercy of Jesus Christ, within sight of Carolina. We sung Te Deum, and the 66th Psalm, which was the Psalm for the Day, and seemed adapted to our Condition and Circumstances: and we trust it will be a Psalm of Remembrance to us upon the Day, which is to be celebrated every Year, as a Thanksgiving unto the Lord, for all his Mercies vouchsafed unto us. At Eleven in the Forenoon, we discovered the Coast of Carolina, all covered over with large Pine Trees. The Wind being N. W. by W. contrary, we could not reach the Point of Charlestown, so that we were forced, as we had been in our Voyage from Rotterdam to Dover, to stand off and on several times, in order to get more Wind. GOD acts with us, as he did with the Israelites: Joshua was to circumcise all those who were willing to enter into Canaan: so Gon is willing to circumcise, amend, and convert our Hearts, before he let us disembark. Towards Evening, we met an English Ship, which came from Charlestown this Afternoon, and was bound for London. He told us the agreeable News of Mr. Oglethorpe's being safely arrived the Night before at Charles-town, in his Way to England, which mightily rejoiced and comforted us.

Mar. 6. AT six in the Morning, the Wind blowing hard at West, we lost Sight of Land; though at Noon, the Wind coming to the South, we saw Land again: but Night approaching, we lay off and on.

Mar. 7. AT Nine, there came from Charles-town, a Pilot on Board our Ship, we immediately.cast Anchor; and at Ten, the Captain, the Reverend Divines, and I went into the Pilot's Boat. At one in the Afternoon, we came to Charles-town, where I immediately waited on his Excellency Robert Johnson Esq; and Mr. Oglethorpe. They were glad to hear that the Saltzburgers were come within six Leagues, all safe and in good Health, without the Loss of any one Person. Mr. Oglethorpe shewed me a Plan of Georgia, and gave me the Liberty to choose a Settlement for the Saltzburgers, either near the Sea, or further in the Continent. I accordingly accepted his Favour, and chose a Place 21 Miles from the Town of Savannah, and 30 Miles from the Sea, where there are Rivers, little Hills, clear Brooks, cool Springs, a fertile Soil, and plenty of Grass.

Charles-town is a fine Town, and a Sea-Port, and enjoys an extensive Trade. It is built on a Flat, and has large Streets; the Houses good, mostly built of Wood, some of Brick. Wheat Bread is very dear here, there being no Wheat Flour but what Gentlemen raise upon their Plantations for their own Use, and

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that is very good; or what they receive from the Northern Colonies, or from England; Rice is here excellent and cheap. There are five Negroes to one White, and there are imported generally 3000 fresh Negroes every Year. There are computed to be 30,000 Negroes in this Province, all of them Slaves, and their Posterity for ever: They work six Days in the Week for their Masters without pay, and are allowed to work on Sundays for themselves. Baptism is rarely here administer'd to the Children of the Negroes, and Marriage is not in use amongst them; but they are suffer'd promiscuously to mix, as if they were a Part of the Brute Creation. Being thus used, lays amongst them a Foundation of Discontent; and they are generally thought to watch an Opportunity of revolting against their Masters, as they have lately done in the Island of St. John and of St. Thomas, belonging to the Danes and Sweeds; and it is the Apprehension of these and other Inconveniences, that has induced the Honourable Trustees for Georgia, to prohibit the Importation and Use of Negroes within their Colony.

MR. Oglethorpe sent on Board our Ship, by the Pilot's Sloop, a large Quantity of fresh Beef, two Butts of Wine, two Tunn of Spring Water, Cabbage, Turnips, Radishes, Fruit, &c. as a present from the Trustees, to refresh the Saltzburgers after their long Voyage; for which Kindness (under GoD) we cannot be sufficiently thankful to them.

Mar. 8. WE thought this Morning to have gone with the Pilot's Long Boat, on Board our Ship the Purrysburg, for the Captain had taken here a Pilot, to bring us into the River Savannah. Mr. Oglethorpe had given us for our Guide Mr. Dunbar, who knows the Country very well, and was already settled in Georgia, near the Place appointed for us. We thought, I say, to have gone this Morning; but the Boat was too much loaded, and the Wind, which was E. S. E. though favourable for Georgia, was contrary for us to reach our Ship. We returned to the Town, and lay there.

Mar. 9. WE beg'd of God, that he would permit us to go to our Georgia. We went away this Morning at ten, and got on Board our Ship at two in the Afternoon.

Mar. 10. GOD blessed us this Day with the Sight of our Country, our wish'd for Georgia, which we saw at ten in the Morning; and brought us unto the Savannah River, and caused us to remember the Vows we had made unto him, if He did through his infinite Goodness bring us hither. We were to day very much edified with the xxxiid Chapter of Genesis, and the xxvit of Leviticus. At Noon, we cast Anchor because of the

Tide at eight, during the Evening Prayers, we enter'd the River of Savannah; and were shelter'd by the Divine Goodness, from all Dangers and Inconveniencies of the Sea. This River is in some Places broader than the Rhine, and from 16 to 25 Foot deep; and abounds with Oysters, Sturgeon, and other Fish. Its Banks were cloathed with fresh Grass; and a little beyond were seen Woods, old as the Creation; resounding with the Musick of Birds, who sung the Praise of their Creator.

Mar. 12. THE Magistrates of the Town sent on Board our Ship an experienced Pilot; and we were carried up to the Town of Savannah by 11 in the Forenoon. They returned our salute of five Guns with three; and all the Magistrates, the Citizens, and the Indians, were come to the River side. The two Divines, Mr. Dunbar, some others, and my self, went ashore in a Boat. We were received with all possible Demonstrations of Joy, Friendship, and Civility. The Indians reach'd their Hands to me, as a Testimony of their Joy also for our Arrival. The Saltzburgers came on shore after us; and we immediately pitch'd a Tent for them, in the Square of the Town.

I WENT to view this rising Town, Savannah, seated upon the Banks of a River of the same Name. The Town is regularly laid out, divided into four Wards, in each of which is left a spacious Square, for holding of Markets, and other publick Uses. The Streets are straight, and the Houses are all of the same Model and Dimensions, and well contrived for Conveniency: For the Time it has been built, it is very populous, and its Inhabitants are all White People. And indeed, the Blessing of God seems to have gone along with this Undertaking; for here we see Industry honoured, and Justice strictly executed, and Luxury and Idleness banished from this happy Place, where Plenty and Brotherly Love seem to make their Abode, and where the good Order of a Nightly Watch, restrains the Disorderly, and makes the Inhabitants sleep secure in the midst of a Wilderness. There is laid out, near the Town, by Order of the Trustees, a Garden for making Experiments, for the Improving Botany and Agriculture; it contains 10 Acres, and lies upon the River; and it is cleared, and brought into such Order, that there is already, a fine Nursery of Oranges, Olives, white Mulberries, Figs, Peaches, and many curious Herbs besides which, there is Cabbages, Peas, and other European Pulse and Plants, which all thrive. Within the Garden there is an artificial Hill, said by the Indians, to be raised over the Body of one of their ancient Emperors. I had like to have forgot one of the best Regulations, made by the Trustees, for

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