. ed by inde-pendent tribes of Gallas and Soumalis, and to teem with aroina-tics, spices, myrrh, aloes, ivory, ostrich feathers, indigo, cotton,and other valuable articles of commerce, yet it was still unex-plored. About the time that David Livingstone was taking his firstlessons in African life, Lieutenant Christopher, in commandof the Honorable East India Companys war-brig Tigris,touched at several points on this coast, and made a few shortjourneys into the country. But the grandest realms of wonder here were just beginning toabsor
. ed by inde-pendent tribes of Gallas and Soumalis, and to teem with aroina-tics, spices, myrrh, aloes, ivory, ostrich feathers, indigo, cotton,and other valuable articles of commerce, yet it was still unex-plored. About the time that David Livingstone was taking his firstlessons in African life, Lieutenant Christopher, in commandof the Honorable East India Companys war-brig Tigris,touched at several points on this coast, and made a few shortjourneys into the country. But the grandest realms of wonder here were just beginning toabsorb modern attention. The inquiry of the ancients was beingtaken up with new enthusiasm. The theories of Pacy and theAbyssinians and of Bruce had been set aside. A search for thetrue source of the Nile had succeeded that for the outlet of theNiger as the grand problem. And rivalling this more nearlythan any other question was the eagerness to know what lay be^neath that vast blank which extended from the Cape Colony toSoudan and from Lower Guinea to
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