r6 Wanderings in Eastern Africa, 
thing had to be done. Two stations could not be 
established now, one was all that could be thought 
of. Where should that be attempted } Kauma, the 
Shimba mountain, and Duruma had been talked of ; 
which of them should be selected ? Neither was. 
Dr. Krapf took other tours through the Wanika 
country, and he finally decided upon Ribe, sixteen 
miles north-west of Mombasa, as the most eligible 
situation. Early in July Dr. Krapf and Mr. Wake- 
field went to Ribe, and pitched their tent. They 
were both in a very weakened condition, but it was 
necessary that they should go to work. They needed 
a house. They had taken a small iron one with them, 
and this they now had to put up. It occupied them 
about a month, their accommodation in the mean- 
time being only such as the wretched huts of the 
natives afforded them. The iron house up, they set 
to work to build a row of wattle-and-dab cottages, for 
the convenience of servants, etc. This done. Dr. 
Krapf considered he had completed his task, and he 
decided to leave the mission in Mr. Wakefield's hands, 
and return to Europe. He had intended to have re- 
mained longer, but the state of his health he con- 
sidered would not admit of his doing so. Affections 
of the head and spine, brought on by excessive labour 
and mental anxiety, compelled him to leave the work 
earlier than he had purposed. Accordingly, on the 
7th of October, he left the coast for Europe, and Mr. 
Wakefield remained alone to grapple with the work. 
It will be readily understood that when the intelli- 
gence reached the authorities at home that of the 
five missionaries sent to Africa only one remained on 
the field, a feeling of great disappointment was pro- 
