was killed but it soon revived the man
was taken up by the poliece, & fined for
being drunk & carelessness. When we arived
at the water the tide was out we got three
cars to take the candidates down into the water
and Elder Stratten went down into the sea
and baptized 12 persons we had a plesant
and interesting time, many of the Saints were
present & numbers of the world, & the whole
company left the beach singing by the way
I took supper with Br Hall distan {of the day} 6 m
~ Friday
30th I went in company with Elder Stratton
to take a walk we walked ^through^ every appartment
of Princes Park fitted up in a vary neat &
expensive style with almost evry description
of shrubery & flowers with a pond of water
in the centre containing a variety of fish &
some swann their is a Chiness bridge over
the water & A small woodeden house with
a harbor under it for small boats 1 portion
of the garden Iis entirly shut up from the
Public untill her Majesty Queen Victoria shall
walk through it, we had a fair view of it
in our walks it was decorated with sharp stones
set up in end like mounds intersected with
flowers. we left this plesant walk & returned
home through the semetry the place of burying
the dead, which was through a deep valley
all decorated with flours & shrubery the tombs
in the side of the mountain were dug out of the
solid rock. After returning to the city I took
tea at Br Caines & attended council with the
officers of the Liverpool Branch & had a good time
distance 10 m
was killed but it soon revived the man
was taken up by the poliece, & fined for
being drunk & carelessness. When we arived
at the water the tide was out we got three
cars to take the candidates down into the water
and Elder Stratten went down into the sea
and baptized 12 persons we had a plesant
and interesting time many of the saints were
present & numbers of the world & the whole
company left the beach singing by the way
I took supper with Br Hall distance 6 m
~ Friday
30th I went in company with Elder Stratton
to take a walk we walked through every appartment
of Princes Park fitted up in a vary neat &
expensive style with almost evry description
of shrubery & flowers with a pond of water
in the centre containing a variety of fish &
some swan their is a Chiness bridge over
the water & A small woodden house with
a harbor under it for small boats 1 portion
of the garden Is entirly shut up from the
Public untill her Majesty Queen Victoria shall
walk through it, we had a fair view of it
in our walks it was decorated with sharp stones
set up in end like mounds intersected with
flowers, we left this plesant walk & returned
home through the semetry the place of burying
the dead, which was through a deep valley
all decorated with flours & shrubery the tombs
in the side of the mountain were dug out of the
solid rock. After returning to the city I took
tea at Br Caines & attended council with the
officers of the Liverpool Branch & had a good time
distance 10 m
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," May 29, 1845 - May 30, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Gr8