and Mr Maxxvcll respecting ilic Congo and the Niger. 215 
as only to be accomplished in two ways^ both widely different 
from the ruinous plan hitherto pursued ; and these are, either 
by employing natives in the various missions, properly educated 
and instructed ; or by means of boating on the Congo, or other 
navigable rivers that may be found to communicate with the 
Niger, or penetrate far into the country.^’ 
I shall now conclude this article with Mr Maxwell’s vocabu- 
lary of the Loango and Mayumba languages, as spoken in 1790. 
It is referred to in the foregoing letters ; and while it may be 
exceedingly useful to those who may afterwards prosecute the 
line of discovery by the River Congo, it may assist the philolo- 
ger in determining whether there is any affinity between these 
and the ancient languages of the Cushites, Phenicians, and 
Egyptians to the eastward. 
A Numerical Table in the Loango and Mayumba Tongues. 
1 
Emosse, Emoica or Chemoica 
62 
Macoomi masambanoo ewalli 
g 
Ezolle or ewalli 
63 
Macoomi masambanoo etattu 
3 
Etattu 
70 
Loo samboalli 
4 
Bemna 
71 
Loo samboalli emoica 
5 
Etaana 
72 
Loo samboalli ewalli 
6 
Sambanoo 
73 
Loo samboalli etattu 
7 
Samboalli 
80 
Loo enaano : 
8 
Enaano 
81 
Loo enaano emoica 
9 
Evoa 
82 
Loo enaano ewalli 
10 
Ecoomi 
83 
Loo enaano etattu 
11 
Ecoomi chemoica 
90 
Loo evoa 
Ig 
Ecoomi ewalli 
91 
Loo evoa emoica 
13 
Ecoomi etattu 
92 
Loo evoa ewalli 
14 
Ecoomi eemna 
93 
Loo evoa etattu 
15 
Ecoomi itaano 
100 
Encamma 
16 
Ecoomi sambanoo 
101 
Encamma emoica 
17 
Ecoomi samboalli 
102 
Encamma ewalli 
18 
Ecoomi enaano 
150 
Encamma macoomi mataano 
19 
Ecoomi evoa 
151 
Encamma macoomi' mataano 
go 
Macoomi moalli 
emoica 
21 
Macoomi moalli chemoica 
160 
Encamma masambanoo 
22 
Macoomi moalli ewalli 
161 
Encamma masambanoo emoica 
23 
Macoomi moalli etattu 
170 
Encamma loo samboalli 
30 
Macoomi matattu 
171 
Encamma loo samboalli emoica 
31 
Macoomi matattu emoica 
180 
Encamma loo" naano 
32 
Macoomi metattu e^walli 
181 
Encamma loo" naano emoica - 
33 
Macoomi matatu etattu 
190 
Encamma loo''voa 
40 
Macoomi maana 
191 
Encamma ioo~ voa emoica 
41 
Macoomi maana emoica 
200 
Ewalli chicolaazi 
42 
Macoomi maana ewalli 
201 
Ewalli chicolaazi emoica 
43 
Macoomi maana etattu 
300 
Etattu chicolaazi 
50 
Macoomi mataano 
500 
Etaano chicolaazi 
51 
Macoomi mataano emoica 
700 
Samboalli chicolaazi 
52 
Macoomi mataano ewalli 
900 
Evoa chicolaazi 
53 
Macoomi mataano etattu 
950 
Evoa chicolaazi macoomi mataa-. 
54 
Macoomi mataano eemna 
no 
60 
Macoomi masambanoo 
1000 
Eicolaazi 
GI 
Macoomi masambanoo emoica 
