departure from the custom of the Trustees.
Each of the fifty acre grants was in three parts, a lot in the town
of Savannah, a five acre garden, and a forty-five acre farm, and while
their acquisition had not been a part of the Herrnhut plan the colonists
readily yielded to the advice of their English friends, who pointed out
the necessity of having a place to stay when they reached Savannah, and
land that they could at once begin to cultivate, without waiting for the
selection and survey of the larger tract. In fact, though they knew it
not, these two grants, which lay side by side, were destined to be the
scene of all their experiences in the Province of Georgia.

The Trustees seem to have been pleased with the appearance of their new
settlers, and approved of their taking passage in the ship that was to
sail the latter part of the month. Since the vessel had been chartered
by the Trustees, they promised to make no charge for such baggage as
the Moravians wished to take with them, arranged that they should have
a portion of the ship for themselves instead of being quartered with
the other passengers, and offered Spangenberg a berth in the Captain's
cabin. This he declined, preferring to share equally with his Brethren
in the hardships of the voyage. Medicine was put into his hands to
be dispensed to those who might need it, and he was requested to take
charge of about forty Swiss emigrants who wished to go in the same
vessel on their way to Purisburg in South Carolina, where they sought
better material conditions than they had left at home.

Land having been secured, Gen. Oglethorpe arranged that the Trustees
should lend the "First Company" 60 Pounds, payable in five years, with
the understanding that if repaid within that time the interest should
be remitted, otherwise to be charged at ten per cent., the usual rate in
South Carolina. Of this 10 Pounds was spent in London for supplies,
and 50 Pounds paid their passage across the Atlantic. The ten men
(Spangenberg taking Nitschmann's place) pledged themselves joi