388 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 
appears by the Vocabulary (Appendix, No. I.) collected 
and filled up by Captain Tuckey; the first column of which 
are the words of the Malemba language, on the coast and 
near the mouth of the river, the second those of Embom- 
ma ; and it is stated that the language beyond Inga differed 
very considerably from that of Embomma. 
Mr. Marsden, who obligingly furnished the list of Eng- 
lish words in a printed form, and whose extensive know- 
ledge of languages» stamps a value on any opinion he 
may give on that subject, has communicated the following 
observations on Captain 'Tuckey’s vocabulary. 
‘«¢ The very copious and apparently accurate vocabulary 
«of the Congo language, collected by Captain Tuckey, 
«“ has furnished the means of comparison with the other 
‘«‘ Janguages and dialects prevailing in the southern por- 
“‘ tion of Africa, and has thereby served to establish the 
“‘ fact of an intimate connexion between the races of peo- 
‘«‘ ple inhabiting the western and the eastern coasts of the 
‘¢ peninsula ; although in that parallel, its breadth is httle 
‘«‘ less than thirty degrees of longitude. 
‘* Upon selecting some of the most familiar terms, and 
‘‘ comparing them with the specimens we possess, it will 
‘¢ be seen, in the first place, that the words as written down 
“by Captain Tuckey, from the mouths of the natives 
‘ of Congo, agree generally with those given by Brusciotto, 
‘ Oldendorp, and Hervas; allowance being made for the 
«« differences of European orthography. They also cor- 
“respond with those of the neighbouring countries of 
“« Loango and Angola, with some variety of labial pro- 
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