Bowrey journals go with a bhang at Bonhams
CAPTAIN Thomas Bowrey’s principal claim to fame has been as the author of a 1701 English-Malay dictionary. Despite criticism of its clumsy errors, eccentricities of transliteration and quaint dialogues, this remained a standard reference for over 100 years.
He was also one of the first Europeans to experience the narcotic effects of 'bhang'. In what may be…