WANDERINGS IN EASTERN AFRICA. 
CHAPTER 1. 
INTRODUCTION. 
E;^ ASTERN AFRICA, thirty years ago unnoticed 
and almost unknown, has now been brought so 
prominently before the public that the deepest interest 
has been excited in its condition, and anxious in- 
quiries are made on all hands for more information. 
We purpose, from our own experience, to contribute 
our quota towards the elucidation of this most inte- 
resting subject. 
Before entering, however, upon the particular la- 
bours in which we have been engaged, it may be 
desirable to give a brief sketch of the origin of the 
work. 
The honour of its inauguration belongs to the Rev. 
Dr. Krapf, at that time a missionary of the Church 
Missionary Society. To the courage, enterprise, and 
missionary zeal of that gentleman the world is in- 
debted for the opening up of the almost hermetically 
sealed coast of East Africa. Whatever may have 
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