To-day we had another storm, and twice saw the ocean not far from us, drawn up like smoke, so that the water reached up to the clouds, and the ship would have been in great danger if it had struck us.
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Nitschmann. Feb. 14th.
Soundings toward evening showed twenty-eight fathoms of water, and we hope to see land to-morrow.
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Nitschmann. Feb. 15th.
About two o’clock we saw land. I climbed the mast, and poured out my heart to God, thanking Him, and praying that He would care for us in our new home. We anchored for the night.
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Wesley. Feb. 4th, Wednesday.
About noon the trees were visible from the mast, and in the afternoon from the main deck. In the Evening Lesson were these words, “A great door, and effectual, is opened,” O let no one shut it!