by refering to the French Government & other
afairs which was as foreign from the subject
as Heaven is from Hell. & among many other
absurdities his declaration is that the Turkish
empire & Government will be destroyed in (1840)
& the Second Coming of Christ will be in 1843

June 26, 1841 ~ Saturday

26^th I re^a^d the narative of the life and medical
Discoveries of Dr SAMUEL THOMSON which
were truly interesting & beneficial to mankind I
have no doubt but that his invention theory & pra-
ctice of administering roots barks & herbs as
medicine, is a great blessing to mankind & is one of
the greatest improvments of the last days & is
causing a great revolution throughout America in
the mode of practice, by which means he has drawn
down a flood of persecution & slander upon his head
I copied Dr Thomsons instructions on preparing medicine & administering it

June 27, 1841 ~ Sunday

27^th I remained at Father Carters through the day
I read A narative of the ship wreck, captivity and
sufferings of HORACE HOLDEN & BENJ. H. NUTE
who was cast away in the American Ship Mentor on the
Pelew Islands, in the year 1832 And for two years
afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings
among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's
Island. In North Lat 3°3 and East Long 131°20'.
This was truly an interesing but painful narrative

June 28, 1841 ~ Monday

28^th I wrote a letter to Elder M Holmes Inform
ing him that I would meet him on Tuesday the 6^th
of July at 11 oclock AM at S Wilders Hotel No 11
Elm street Boston the Lord willing. I also wrote
Luther Scamman name in a copy of the Millennial
star and gave it to him

June 29, 1841 ~ Tuesday

29^th I rode to the beach & went into the salt
water with several others the water was vary
cold. {Phebe and the [ladies?] went in} spent the day at Sister foss
[FIGURE]

June 30, 1841 ~ Wednesday

30^th I received a letter from Eunice & Mother
woodruff informing me that Sister Eunice