AND

METEOROLOGY

OF THE

WEST COAST OF AFRICA

WITH

VALUABLE HINTS TO EUROPEANS

FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH IN THE TROPICS.

BY

JAMES AFRICANUS B. HORTON, M.D. EDIN.

STAFF ASSISTANT SURGEON OF H.M. FORCES IN WEST AFRICA; ASSOCIATE OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON;
FOREIGN FELLOW OF THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; CORRESPONDING MEMBER
OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON; FELLOW OF THE
NOELIC SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; MEMBER OF THE
INSTITUTE D'AFRIQUE OF PARIS.

PRINTED BY NEILL AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH.

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE EDWARD CARDWELL,

M.P., D.C.L.,

LATE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES,
ETC. ETC. ETC.,

THESE PAGES,

AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS PUBLIC ENDEAVOURS TOWARDS THE MATERIAL

ADVANCEMENT OF THE AFRICAN RACE,

ARE INSCRIBED,

BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.