^26th^ I walked to Stokes Lane & preached at the
House of Joseph Evins & spent the night at brWilliam Davis, & had the following
Dream. I saw by night a river in which were
many fish. I cast an hook & caught some
of them, & while fishing I saw some large
ones near shore I put the hook to their mouth
they bit it & I caught them, & one vary notable
one exceding all other fish that I had caught &
as I was taking care of them, I saw a still
larger river. It appeared like Farmington
River in the U. S. A. at the Mill which my Father is tending, & on the other side of the river
was a Boat to which was tied many fish lines
on one hook was a fish so large that the captain
of the Boat IsraelDormon by name could not bring
him into the Boat, & he sailed the Boat across the
river whare I was, & the fish was taken out &
a Bellman was called for to divide the fish, & after
the Bell was rung each man took a part, &
while dividing the fish, one man said to another
man I saw Baptizing last night was not you
Baptized. I also saw a trunk representing to have
~ Thursday
26th
I walked to Stokes Lane & preached at the
House of Joseph Evins & spent the night at
brWilliam Davis, & had the following
Dream. I saw by night a River in which were
many fish. I cast an hook & caught some
of them, & while fishing I saw some large
ones near shore I put the hook to their mouth
they bit it & I caught them, & one vary notable
one exceding all other fish that I had caught &
as I was taking care of them. I saw a still
larger River. It appeared like Farmington
River in the U.S.A. at the Mill which my
Father is tending, & on the other side of the River
was a Boat to which was tied many fish lines
on one hook was a fish so large that the captain
of the Boat IsraelDormon by name could not bring
him into the Boat, & he sailed the Boat across the
River whare I was, & the fish was taken out &
a Bellman was called for to divide the fish & after
the Bell was rung each man took a part, &
while dividing the fish, one man said to another
man I saw Baptizing last night was not you
Baptized. I also saw a trunk representing to have
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