22 Wanderings in Eastern Africa. 
seven days, instead of about half the time« We reached 
Zanzibar on the 7th of April. A fortnight afterwards 
I made my way, by native baghala, to Mombasa, 
where I found Mr. Wakefield in great straits — in 
circumstances, indeed, which would have necessi- 
tated his leaving the coast. My arrival therefore at 
this time was most opportune. Mr. Wakefield and 
myself then set to work, doing our utmost to 
accomplish the object for which the mission had 
been organized. In the following pages will be found 
some account of the writers experiences, labours, 
and journeys ; and an attempt to describe some of 
the strange scenes which, during a life of nearly 
ten years in the wilds of Eastern Africa, it has been 
his lot to witness. 
