a 
_ to king Fiiivta: Dam-ba-ru, close to Zalu, subject to aa 
+ Furlicka-va. 
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“ss A Mendi Vocabulary. 
One man kai don-do ' People eat moi-nu-a dong : 
Two men ka-ve fil-la kai bel-le 
Three men ka-ye sa-kwa = tid a-gni ; 
Hands bu-le-nu- ==———~*=«S Goto meen ka-ye-nu a-gni - 
eet king kai a-ma-gni ; 
Leaves dzham-ba-e-nu eee he 1 kai ams : ; 
Men ka-ye-nu A white man kai be-ma 
Women mu-she-nu A black man kai vi-ma at 
Children di-gne-nu God loves men — ga-lum-ba-a ka-ye di-a ; 
Kings man-dzha-e-nu Men love God _ ka-ye-a ga-lum-ba di-a 
Slaves dzhong-e-nu What is your name? i to a-le \ 
Names _ to e-nu Give to me in-ko > 
Teat na dong A Vai man Vai mo : 
Thou eatest ya dong Vai men Vai moi-nu [ 
a dong Mendi people Hu-lo moi-nu j 
She eats a dong In the house ki-gne-lo 
We eat mo-a dong In my house na ki-gne-lo 
They eat a-nu-a dong In thy house i ki-gne-lo ’ 
According to Ashmun, the Fey or Vey people extend from the 
Gallinas river to Grand Cape Mount, a distance of fifty miles along | 
the coast, and from twenty-five to thirty miles into the interior. 
Afr. Repos. IIT. 259. 1 
According to my informant, the Vai country constitutes two | 
kingdoms, of which Ma-nu and! Gen-du-ma are the capitals. i 1 
The principal towns in the Vai country are, Manu, not far from 
the sea, the residence of king Fu-li-ka-va; Gen-du- -ma, three or ) 
four miles from a river, and nine or ten fie the sea, the residence © * 
of king Sha-ka; Zalu, about twenty miles from the sea, niin 
to king” Fo-li- ka-va; Dzhu-ling, near the sea, subject to ki # 
ka; Ho-wil-li, twenty or thirty miles from the sea, subje 
art 
: Bai 
Art. VIIL—A Mendi Vocabulary ; by the Same. 
Tue following list of Mendi words and phrases is taken from 
the mouths of James Covey and Charles Pratt, native Africans. 
The former was born at Go-raun, by the river Mo-a, in the Men- 
di country ; brought from his native country by Africans to Bul- 
lom, and sold there to the Spaniards ; recaptured by the English; 
i taught, to read and write English in the English schools at Sierra 
e5 and is now a sailor on board the British brig of war Buz- 
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