2 Wanderings in Eastern Africa. 
been accomplished by others, either in the way of 
exploration or missionary endeavour, to Dr. Krapf 
must remain the honour of having pioneered the way, 
of having revealed to us the state of the country, 
proved the practicability of doing something for its 
welfare, and of turning to advantage its immense 
resources. To Dr. Krapf's book, published by Trub- 
ner & Co. in i860, the reader may be referred for full 
information regarding his labours and travels. We 
can only refer to a few of the most salient points. 
Dr. Krapf had previously been engaged for about 
four years as a missionary in Abyssinia. There he 
undertook several important exploratory journeys, by 
which he was brought into contact with the northern 
Gallas. He became deeply interested in this people, 
who, though a very wild and savage race, commended 
themselves to him as greatly superior to the sur- 
rounding nations, and occupying a most important 
position in Central Africa. He deemed them also 
highly susceptible of civilizing and christianizing in- 
fluences ; indeed, their whole condition and circum- 
stances excited his deepest sympathy, and fired his t 
soul with an uncommon ardour to do something for 
their amelioration and benefit. An unforeseen com- 
bination of events, however, ultimately necessitated 
his retirement from Abyssinia, and the hope of bene- 
fiting this people seemed for the time to be cut off". 
But he was not the man to accept a defeat at the 
first repulse, and hence he determined not to abandon 
his project without another eff'ort. It occurred to 
him that he might reach the Gallas from the East 
Coast. He therefore proceeded at once, with Mrs. 
Krapf, to Zanzibar, where he arrived in the year 1844. 
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