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considered, that the healthiness of Zanzibar should 
not be better than it is. 
But the moral condition of this city is its worst 
phase. There is no morality in it ; it is scarcely 
superior to Sodom. It is a black picture upon which 
we can scarcely dare to gaze. There is a great work 
for the Gospel of Jesus Christ to do here. 
The French Roman Catholics have had a mission 
in Zanzibar for many years, and not long ago they 
commenced operations at Bagamoyo, on the main- 
land. They have a large number of young people 
under training, whom they are teaching the useful 
arts, as well as instructing them in the principles of 
their religious system. 
The Oxford and Cambridge Universities' Mission 
has for some years been carrying on its operations at 
Zanzibar. Hitherto, however, it has confined itself 
to the holding of religious services for the Europeans 
on Sundays, and the education of a number of boys 
and girls, selected from slaves captured and liberated 
by H.M. cruisers. The mission has made an attempt 
to establish an outpost on the mainland, in the 
country of Usambara, not, however, with any very 
gratifying success. The station, if not given up, 
had been without a missionary for some time up 
to the middle of last year. We do not know if any 
later attempts have been made to support that 
station. 
We hope the time is not far distant when a brighter 
day will dawn upon Zanzibar. We have tried to 
describe the place and people as they are. It is not 
a bright picture we are aware, but this cannot be 
helped. It is important that the truth should be 
