That is exactly what I am asking.
Mr. Justice Maule. It is a very harmless statement.
Mr. Kelly. I was going to ask him how far he had gone up the river?—At least twelve miles.
As far as you have gone, there were towns?—There were villages.
Was the river navigable further up?—Do you mean further than I went?
Yes.—I cannot say; I should think not from the appearance of it, except by canoes.
It is navigable for canoes, so that the population of the place can pass further up?—I cannot say.
Did you ever see canoes higher up?—I could not see them.
If you were ten miles up, you can say if you saw canoes beyond that distance?—I did not see any. I think from the appearance of the river as high as I went, it is navigable for canoes; but I never saw any there.
You were upon this coast for the protection of British commerce and the prevention of the slave trade?—Yes.