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deemed necessary, to save his life, that he should go to 
Zanzibar for medical advice and assistance. Accord- 
ingly, in an almost dying state, he left Mombasa on 
July 28th, in a native dhow, and after a rough passage 
of eight days he reached Zanzibar [in such a state of 
weakness that he had to be carried ashore. Col. 
Pelly, the consul, treated him kindly, and procured 
him admission into the hospital of the French Roman 
Catholic mission. The medical men did their best 
for him, and he was kindly and assiduously attended 
by the Sisters of Mercy. After about three weeks' 
nursing, he found himself able, with the assistance of 
a stick, to walk across the ward. His case, however, 
appeared so hopeless, that to remain in Africa was 
out of the question, and his medical advisers recom- 
mended his instant return to Europe. On the 15th 
of September, therefore, he sailed from Zanzibar for 
Bombay. The Rev. Dr. Wilson, of the Scotch Free 
Church, and the Rev, D. Williamson, of the United 
Presbyterian Church, treated him with the utmost 
kindness; lodged, nursed, and befriended him in every 
way; caring for him, as for a son or as a brother. 
From Bombay Mr. Woolner returned to England, 
round the Cape of Good Hope, and, after his long 
voyage, reached the fatherland a mere wreck of his 
former self. 
Dr. Krapf and Mr. Wakefield were now all that 
remained of the original five. Had these failed, the 
mission would have been at an end. But they resolved 
to hold out to the last. Mr. Wakefield continued to 
suff'er from illness, so it was not much that he could 
do ; but the Doctor's iron constitution bore him up 
better, though he too was often ill. However, some- 
