TROPICAL AFRICA

+ 228pp + 16pp ads. Original red cloth. 1 fold-out coloured map, B/ W photographs

Very little foxing or marks present, pages bright. Name and inscription on first free page.Binding strong but netting showing in places Otherwise very good throughout.

Henry Drummond was a Scottish evangelist, biologist, writer and lecturer. Drummond took up a position with the African Lakes Corporation, which was set up by Scottish businessmen to cooperate with Presbyterian missions in Malawi. The company had commercial and political ambitions including a number of general stores and the transportation of water transport from the lakes and rivers. Tropical Africa is an account of Drummond's time in Africa and includes discussion regarding his work for the African Lakes Corporation as well as political, geographical and medical aspects of the country.

Covers travels in East Central Africa from Zambesi mouth up Shire River, through Lake Nyassa and Nyassa-Tanganyika Plateau; observations on the country and its people; African insects; Geological descriptions; Political problems. Including chapters on the white ant, the mimicry of African insects, the Zambesi and Shire Rivers, Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa.