An Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone

First published in 1803, this work presents an informative description of the tribes surrounding Sierra Leone, with the second volume presenting a systematic account of African medicine, diseases, remedies and therapeutic plants.

A field ethnographer to visit West Africa before the second half of the 19th century, the author of this work presents an informative description of the surrounding tribes together with a collection of Temne, Bulom and Susu vocabularies. The second volume represents a systematic account of African medicine, diseases, remedies and therapeutic plants. The volumes were first published in 1803.