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enzaddi, which Captain Tuckey understood to be the name 

 of the river at Embonnma, are so many concurring cir- 

 cumstances which give a favourable though a faint colour 

 to the hypothesis of the identity of the two rivei"s. 



If any further exploration of the Zaire, upwards, should 

 be undertaken, Captain Tuckey has sufficiently established 

 the fact, that no naval equipment at home can avail in the 

 prosecution of this object. All that appears to be neces- 

 sary, is that of providing at the Cape de Verde islands a 

 dozen or twenty asses and mules, and carrying them in a 

 common transport up the river as far as Embomma ; from 

 thence to make the best of the way over land direct for 

 Condo Yanga, the place which has been assigned by 

 Captain Tuckey, as possessing the greatest advantages 

 for the necessary preparations for embarking on the river ; 

 and these preparations would consist merely in purchasing 

 or hiring half a dozen canoes, with the help Of two or three 

 ship carpenters, converting them into three double-boats, 

 or twin-canoes, by a few planks, which would form a con- 

 venient platform for the accommodation of the party, the 

 animals, and the baggage. In this way they would pro- 

 ceed where the river -was navigable, and by land, with the 

 assistance of the asses and mules, where interruptions oc- 

 curred : and thus they would avoid that degree of fatigue, 

 w^iich was untpiestionabl}' the principal cause of the death 

 of those who fell on the late expedition. On the part of 

 the natives, it is now pretty well ascertained, there would 

 be no obstruction, unless they are of a very different dis- 

 position higher up in the interior, than what Captain 

 Tuckey experienced them to be, which is not, as far a.s 



