====== 18 Dec. 1735.
Nitschmann. Dec. 18th.
We lifted the anchor at three o’clock, but as we got under sail the wind changed again. We must stay still, but what the Lord intends we do not know.
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Wesley. Dec. 7th, Sunday.
Finding nature did not require such frequent supplies as we had been accustomed to, we agreed to leave off suppers; from doing which we have hitherto found no inconvenience.
====== 21 Dec. 1735.
Nitschmann. Dec. 21st.
An east wind sprang up, and with the help of God we sailed at nine o’clock from Cowes, where we had been for five weeks and three days.
When we reached the open sea many became sea-sick. There was so much to be done that we could not hold our prayer-meeting, for our people help in all the work, and therefore the sailors treat us well, no matter what they think of us in their hearts. In the evening our song service was much blessed.