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southerly direction so we soon could get in to land, in case we could not get the ship pumped out we could save our liver.
On the fourth of May we reached Boston. We were so exhausted from pumping	we	went ashore	right away, expecting to	be paid off	the next	day
according to the captain's promise. But he wouldn't do it, and after ten days we had	him	arrested.	But now the rascal swore	that he had	made no	such
promise, so all we could do was to seize the ship. It was three weeks before it was sold, and it brought so little we got only half our pay. We were advised to summons the owner, but it would cost too much to go to New Providence where he lived, so we put the case in the hands of a lawyer, permitting him to keep any money he could get. I hope he got it, for we did not want the owner to enjoy our hard-earned money.
In Boston I lived in a Methodist home, and once a week they had prayer, meeting. They tried with all their power to make a Methodist of me, and got me even so far that I went every time to their prayer-meetings and on Sundays went three times to Church! I had intended to take the journey home to Denmark right away, but I was kept in Boston so long about that miserable money, and had spent so much I gave it up and hired myself to the "Shepherd" which was going to Calcutta. But just as I was going up to the office to sign the contract I met an English captain who was in a great dilemma to get a man to go with him to Edinburgh. When he offered me good pay I decided to go with him to Edinburgh and then go to Denmark at once. He was first going to ST. Johns in New Brunswick to get a load of lumber, and then proceed to Edinburgh.
After	four day's	sailing we arrived at St.	Johns. The country here is
full of	rocky mountains	partly overgrown by fir and	birch trees.	The town	lies
by the mouth of St. Johns River on uneven, rocky ground. The inhabitants consist mostly of Irishmen. What struck me most was the terrible ebb and flood tides. Out in the bay the water rises and falls ninety feet, and the tide comes so swiftly that even a horse cannot outrun it. The river, which at high water is even with the sea, falls over a rock twenty feet at low water. Here I have seen big salmon jump over with one great leap. There is a considerable lumber trade with England, and an unbelievable number of great ships the whole summer long.
After Lying here a month we left. At the beginning we had very bad and stormy weather. On the Newfoundland Banks it was mighty cold on account of the many	icebergs floating around. It is a	very	beautiful	sight to look at these
icebergs. Some are very large. They	look	like big	cities with towers and
church spires. All in all, I have never had it better than on this ship - we never even heard an oath spoken. Twice a day we had prayers and on Sunday three times. The captain would read a chapter in the Bible and we would all sing some hymns. If it did not do any other good it cured me, and some of the other sailors who had been in the habit of swearing, entirely, and we quit it altogether. So my opinion is, that even if people are forced to go to church, a lot of good will be derived from it.
The first land we saw was Rockall, an immense rock lying in the middle of the sea. It is about four miles around, and stretches far under the water, so it is very dangerous for vessels. Around it no bottom can be found. It lies	about four days' sailing from the	coast	of England. So, at last, after
five	long	years, I saw Europe again!	We sailed now	in through the straits
between Orkney Islands and Scotland and arrived three days after safely in Edinburgh.
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