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vessel, under his orders. On the 20tli June he cast 
anchor off Malembe, on the shores of the Congo, in 
lat 4° 39' S. The king of that country was much 
annoyed when he found that the English had not come 
to buy slaves, and spread all manner of injurious 
ASHANTEES BURNING A FANTEE VILLAGE. 
reports against the Europeans who had come to ruin 
his trade. 
On the 18th July Tuckey entered the vast estuary 
formed by the mouths of the Zaire, on board the Congo; 
but when the height of the river-banks rendered it 
impossible to sail farther, he embarked with some of his 
people in his boats. On the lOtli August he decided, 
on account of the rapidity of the current and the huge 
rocks bordering the stream, to make his way partly by 
