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were published 6 in the one language, by the 

 instrumentality of which the missionary and 

 the merchant can master in a short time all 

 the dialects spoken from the Line down to the 

 Cape of Good Hope.' Dr Krapf s ' Outline 

 of the Elements of the Kisauaheli Language' 

 (Tubingen, 1850) requires great alterations and 

 additions, especially in the alliterative and other 

 characteristic parts of the tongue. Messrs 

 Rebmann and Erhardt, who both were capable 

 of writing a scholar-like book, or of perfecting 

 the ' Outline,' turned their attention to the 

 languages of v the Nyassa, Usumbara, and the 

 Wakwafi. In 1857 M. Guillain published, as 

 an Appendix to his third volume, a short gram- 

 mar and vocabulary of the c langue Souahheli : ' 

 they are mere bald sketches, and they convey 

 but the scantiest idea of what they attempt to 

 illustrate. A good study of Kisawahili would 

 facilitate the acquisition of the whole sub-family. 

 Eor my own use I commenced a grammar in- 

 tended to illustrate the intricate and difficult 

 combinations and the peculiar euphony which 

 here seems to be the first object of speech : 

 unfortunately my transfer to West Africa left 

 it, like my vocabularies, in a state of MS. My 

 friend Mr Triibner has lately advertised a 



