Incwadi Yami; or, twenty years' personal experience in South Africa

An extended firsthand account of two decades spent in southern Africa that combines travel narrative, professional observations, and local reportage. The author records medical and sanitary practice in colonial settlements, encounters with indigenous customs and ritual healers, detailed descriptions of diamond-field life and mine geology, and episodic travel through neighboring regions. Chapters alternate between personal incidents, medico-legal cases, and geological and economic reflections on mineral origins, alongside notes on administration, annexation, and social conditions in towns and mission stations, offering practical detail and observational sketches rather than grand theoretical claims.