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 uptheremainder 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 ojxly of short notices; but the 

 dates and progress are regularly inserted, and aecompanied 

 nilh a Sketch of the River, the direction, length, and width of 

 its several reaches, and strength of its current, as far as the 

 extreme point to which iliey proceeded.~\ 



Sept. 1. Great astonishment of the people at seeing the 

 pocket compass and the watch ; especially tlie pocket com- 

 pass always pointing to the same spot of the river. 



Their houses Avould be convenient if a little larger, and 

 if raised 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, 



