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Our party of travellers consisted of Missionaries Stielau, Deppe, Schröder and myself and Pastor Hoyer from America; the brides of Wickert Grotherr, Hörmann and Böhmke and Hoyer’s bride. Then Otto Harms, son of Pastor Harms, and Aunt Marie’s son, cousin August, at a mere 16 years. He had learnt gardening and upon my advice he came along because he had better chances of getting somewhere here. Missionary Fuls paid for his journey and in turn August had to work for him for three years. Then there were 36 emigrants under my care: Küsel, Bunge, Bruggemann and all the rest of them. We were a large party. And Missionary Witt. When we arrived in Hamburg Nagel said that the ship could not go but that he had obtained two others that would take us to England to the Union Ocean steamer. So, we had to split the party. Stielau with all missionaries went on one ship to Southampton, I went on the other one with all the emigrants to London where we arrived Saturday afternoon and were accommodated in a hotel. On Sunday there was no traffic, everything was very quiet, but
on Monday morning everything was all the more lively when we had to continue our journey on foot amidst the hustle and bustle in Cheapside Street past London Bridge to Waterloo Street. The old hotel owner with his long, white beard went ahead,