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 languaf^e, 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 Avhose 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 

 " languages 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- 

 " pie inhabiting the western and the eastern coasts of the 

 " peninsula ; although in that parallel, its breadth is little 

 " 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 Co»^o, 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- 



