358 JOURNEY BEYOND THE GREAT RIVER. Iui3, 
which stands unfinished, there must be tolerably 
good masons among them. The women make mats 
of rushes. 
Upon the whole I believe this mission has been 
a great blessing to this part of Africa. Here I 
received much attention from the missionaries and 
their families, and from many of the people, and felt 
pain at the thought of soon parting from them, to see 
them no more. 
8th. During the night a wolf was so bold and 
voracious that he entered the town, and devoured 
three sheep. As we were ready to depart on the 
morrow, Mr. Read preached a farewell discourse in 
the morning from Rev. vi. 2, and in the evening 1 
preached from 2 Cor. xiii. 11. About three hundred 
people were present each time. 
