Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Dedication / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- Preface / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- Introduction / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- Literature / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- I Journey to Monrovia / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- II Monrovia / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- III General character of the land / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- IV Voyage to Muhlenburg mission and stay with Mr. Day / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- V Plant life / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- VI Journey to Bavia and stay there / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- VII On reconnaissance. Relocation to our station. Soforeh Place / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- VIII A raid for victuals towards the west. Journey to Monrovia. Hunting forays / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- IX Further adventures. Withdrawal to Monrovia / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- X Stay in the district of Grand Cape Mount until Sala’s death / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XI A hunting trip into the interior / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XII Further adventures. Return to Europe / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XIII Second journey to Liberia and visit to Grand Cape Mount / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XIV Journey to Schieffelinsville, our station at the Junk River, and first stay there / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XV Sojourn at the Du Queah River / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XVI Journey to Monrovia and to the falls of the Du Queah / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XVII Further experiences / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XVIII To the ports of eastern Liberia. Return to Europe / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- I The founding and development of the free state until its declaration of independence (1816–1847) / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- II The free state of Liberia from its independence until present / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- III The public economy and mercantile conditions / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- IV Products of the land and their exploitation, agriculture and agricultural economy / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- V The life of the Liberians. Social conditions / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- VI Political and social conditions / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- VII Anthropological aspects. Clothing and jewellery. Dwellings / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- VIII Negro languages / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- IX Diet, occupations and character of the natives / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- X Everyday life, ways and customs. Islam and Christianity / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XI Mammals / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XII Birds / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- XIII Reptiles and amphibians. Fish. Invertebrate animals / Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson -- Zoological Publications on Our Collections from Liberia (Notes from the Leyden Museum) -- List of the Liberian Animals Specimens Elaborated to Date -- Literature Cited -- Index -- Map of Liberia.

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In the 1880s a Swiss-born biologist, Johann Büttikofer, while working for the Royal Museum of Natural History in Leiden, The Netherlands, carried out two extended expeditions to Liberia, West Africa. In 1890 he published the results of his work in German in two-volumes, entitled Reisebilder aus Liberia (Travel Sketches from Liberia). Büttikofer worked extensively in the forested regions of coastal Liberia and made the acquaintance of many prominent Liberians and other personalities of that era. His zoological work there is actually exceeded by his detailed descriptions of the state of Liberia some 50 years following its colonization by freed American slaves and their descendents. It constitutes the first comprehensive monograph on the Republic of Liberia.