14 September 1832: [At] six thirty, temperature of 4 1/2°R [42.1°F, 5.6°C], with fog and heavy dew during the night. Mr. Bodmer had slept somewhat during the night but during the evening had still had a high fever from his wound. We hope that he will be able to travel on the seventeenth. Dr. Broom (address: Dr. Daniel Broom, Richmond, Northampton County), who had bound his wound and brought him to Bethlehem, is a great hunting enthusiast. He promised us skeletons of American animals and, in return, wanted to have a combination rifle-shotgun from Germany. Today the weather turned warm and beautiful. One still sees little discoloration of the foliage in the woods; the first night-frosts will soon bring about a big change. Dr. Broom stayed with us until afternoon, and though he had bandaged Mr. Bodmer’s hand only two three times, he still charged us ten dollars (25 florins) and in addition took with him the remnants of the burst shotgun to have an ordinary gun made from them.

In the afternoon we had a visit from Bishop Anders, who was delighted with Mr. Bodmer’s sketches. When we now went out near Bethlehem, we saw few birds, except for several migratory birds and birds of passage, especially the doves, which were already gathered in rather large flocks. Swallows are no longer to be seen. In the last days of August we had also obtained the cuckoo (Cuculus carolinensis), which was now probably on its migration southward. In the evening, a visit at the home of Pastor Seidel, where I received books in the Delaware language.