PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL CLIMATE

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AND

METEOROLOGY

OF THE

WEST COAST OF AFRICA

WITH

VALUABLE HINTS TO EUROPEANS

FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH IN THE TROPICS.

BY

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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.

WILL ERFORCE

EAMES

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.