200 CAPTAIN TUCKEY’S NARRATIVE. 
procure a single canoe ; indeed it did not appear that there 
is more than one or two, for crossing the river at Voonda. 
I sent some natives to Cooloo to bring up the remainder of the 
provisions, and with an order to Mr. Fitzmaurice to return 
to the Congo sloop with fifteen of the men, being unable to 
feed them at Cooloo. With the party thus reduced I am 
about to proceed to Bamba Yanzy, three days journey, 
where, according to all accounts, the river ceases to be ob- 
structed with rocks or cataracts. 
[From this time the Journal consists only of short notices ; but the 
dates and progress are regularly inserted, and accompanied 
with a Sketch of the River, the direction, length, and width of 
ats several reaches, and strength of tts current, as fay as the 
extreme point to which they proceeded. | 
Sept. 1. Great astonishment of the people at seeing the 
pocket compass and the watch ; especially the pocket com- 
pass always pointing to the'same spot of the river. 
Their houses would be convenient if a little larger, and 
if mised from the ground on posts to keep out the fleas 
and bugs. 
It appears that the bark used in the ordeal is from a spe- 
cies of cassia; and the bitter root used as food is a kind of 
yam. Some Guinea fowls were killed, and some partridges 
ofa very large kind. Plenty of bees in the rainy season, 
