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.