108 Dr Brown on the Correspondence beiiveeri Mr Park 
Are they brought by land or water ? Sd, If by water, in what 
sort of canoes ; and if by land, in what manner ? on foot, on 
horses or asses? 4th, What do you suppose may be the direct 
distance between the sea and the first cataract? Did you 
hear of any more cataracts, or of any rivers falling into the 
Congo ? 5th, Is there any tradition of canoes resembling those 
of the Niger, or, in fact, of any thing peculiar to North Africa 
having come down the Congo with the flood ? 6th, Have the 
Mahomedan priests or Marabouts ever visited that country ? 
Did the natives at Embomma ever speak of any people, except 
Europeans, that could write ? 8th, Is there much diversity in 
the languages spoken by the people of Congo ; and which is 
the most general language ? Do you recollect the following 
words in that language? fire, — water, — victuals, — drink, — 
hunger, — thirst,— fatigue, — danger, — a town, — a* house, — a 
city, — a road, — a country ? what are their common saluta- 
tions at meeting ? and have they any name for God, or the 
devil ? 9th, Is there any permanent European establish- 
ment in the Congo, and do vessels visit it every year, and at 
what seasons ? 10th, Which is the nearest European settlement 
to the mouth of the Congo, from which a person might at all 
tunes find a ready passage to Europe ? I hope. My Dear Sir, 
you will excuse the liberty I have thus taken;, and believe me 
to be,” &c. 
Mr Maxw'ell was too anxious about Mr Park'’s success to keep 
liim long in suspense respecting these particulars ; and therefore, 
on the 12th of the same month he transmitted the followdng an- 
swers. 
1st, The principal inland kingdoms that furnish slaves for the 
Embomma market, are Congo, Mayumba, Mandingo and Yacka. 
It will be seen by the chart where Congo begins. Indeed, it ex- 
tends to the south entrance of the river, as Sonio once formed a 
part of it: and Mayumba, from what Mr Maxwell could learn, is 
a woody country, bordering upon the river, about 15 or 20 days 
journey to the N. E. of Embomma. One of its traders brought 
him a stalk of sugar cane 14 feet long and 2 inches diameter, saying 
that it was very abundant with them. Mandingo and Y acka, (pro- 
bably the Mayacka of the charts,) lie at a much greater distance, 
and most likely on the east sideof the river; for, though the Loango 
