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death of the old king, Caulker, fi:om the 12th of 
January till to-day, February 16th, and now it is to 
he continued at Shengay. At night they have a 
grand time dancing and making merry. It is a 
fine thing for a king to die, so that the people 
can make merry. But the people are fast learn- 
ing better here. The blessed Bible is doing its 
work slowly but surely. 
Going up the river for the purpose of buying 
lumber, we stopped for the night at a town called 
Mocabba. Here I made a great blunder by telling 
the woman who presided over the town how wrong 
it was to work on the Sabbath. Then I asked 
permission to call the people together to talk to 
them. She said, she could not agree for daV’ 
as I would tell them not to work on Sunday. 
Mr. Caulker told me that he is informed that 
men are disguising themselves as leopards, and 
killing people in several villages back in the coun- 
try. 
On the 22d of August, 1872, the first Christian 
marriage that ever took place in this part of the 
country among natives was performed in the mis- 
sion-house. Rev. J. A. Evans united together 
Mr. Williams and Elizabeth Caulker; also, Mr. 
Themas Tucker and Miss‘ Polly Caulker. Al- 
though the rain came down in torrents, quite a 
number of persons were present, who enjoyed the 
