I then went to Schwerin, to my houeland., to see uy d.ear
parents and. brothers and. slsters. ft lras a lovely ueeting,
but all the hard.er leavlng, but It had. to be d.oner although
not without tears.
So I left my d.ear parents, brothers and. sisters on 9th
November, and. went from there per tratn to }Iamb[rgg frou there
to Altona where I arrlved. late at night and. I r'Ias rieloomed.
by Bro. l,lenke whom I notlfled. of ny coming.
Next d.ay t hari. some bnsiness to d-o regard.ing uy trlp,
where Bro. llenke was very helpful to me.
On IIth Noveuber I went by steamer to England.. Cur shlp
haci to wait six hours on accounb of the tld.er so that we,
after a safe trip over the North Sear got to liull on the morn-
lng of 15th I'[oveuber.
Fron HulI I vrent per train tc
arrl-ved- in the evening. The ship
notified. them of my eoming so that
vray Station into quarters, and- did.
in the big place cf Liverpool"
Liverpool , t^rhere lre
c s agent at iiamburg had.
f was taken frorn the Bail-
uot have to seek lcd.gings
irjext day the ship2s agent ad.vised. me to have a lock over
the d.ocks to see lrhich sirip I ivoulcl ttke to travel orrr but
there rtas none bound f or Ad.elaid.e. A three masted. vessel r'ras
d.tte to leave Liverpool for i,ielbourne in a weekos tiner so I
d.ecid-ed- to go on that. 
The agent thought this best, as there
was a good. chance of getting a su:ilI ship from I'ielbourne to
Adetaid.e. During tire nexb fer'; d.ays he gave me a ticket to sail
on tltis ship, lvhich f lafer vrent to look over and. get settled.
on board-.
Cn Saturclay the 26th Noveuber, at noon, a small steamer
took us in tow to puII us out of the narrow-we.ters of Ltver-
pool. It took about 2 hours, and. during that time there was
a roll call to see if everybod.y r{as on board-. Including the
crefi of 41, there vrere 2L6 people on board-" Everything beihg
in ord.er, when vre reached. the Irish Sea, the small steamer was
d-lsengaged., turned- back to Liverpool, and. our ship was left
to tkre l,rind- and- weather in God.es lead.ing.
After 10 d.ays sailing rre -;r€ht past l{ad-era bu.t cou1d. see
nothing of it. 
lJe got into free sailing uhen vre reached. the
troplcs. 
I'Ie coulc1 f eeI the warmth but othervrise condltions
trere good- and. r'ie ma.de about I sea u.iles per hour and. found.
ourselved. at Sierra Leone on the 25th December.
Christmas Day being in a Christian iray, among the En6lish
there krad. been choir practice and art 12 o!clock at night they
started- Christrnas Caro1s. At 10 osclock ia the morning the
Captain read. a message of Christm.as out of the Bible and. prayed-
out of an English Prayer Book ancl Litany.
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