MSS EUR HODGSON/15 Agriculture, botany, meteorology and miscellaneous notes 1836-1846
Notes with valuable information on various aspects of Nepal including agriculture, peasantry and meteorological observations of the Kathmandu Valley, ethnography, geography, economy. Contains three pre-bound notebooks on different subject matters.
1[vol.15 fol(s)1-38] Agriculture and peasantry of the Kathmandu Valley 1830-1843 One separate pre-bound notebook.
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Agriculture of the Newars (Kathmandu Valley): questions and answers on the condition of agriculture including details of agricultural products, peasantry, [Campbell_1837a:58-175, ][Dollfus_et_al_2003:273-316, ][Dollfus_et_al_2009:279-324]ff. 20-38 blank, Nepali title on the cover page. The 1837 article, though ascribed by Dollfus et al. to `G. Campbell', is actually the work of Archibald Campbell, who was Residency doctor in Kathmandu from 1830 to 1839.
2[vol.15 fol(s)40-81] Notes on various important aspects of the Kingdom of Nepal 1830-1843 One separate pre-bound notebook.
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Miscellaneous notes by Hodgson including the tribes living wholly and partly in the hills (in original: "hill and semi-hill tribes"), Newars, geographical features of Nepal including mountain ridges, rivers and river valleys, minerals, economy, Nepali title on the cover page.
3[vol.15 fol(s)82-127b] Botany, agriculture and horticulture 1846 One separate pre-bound notebook, written with blue ink and pencil.
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Names of different kinds of trees with their uses, list of different kinds of grain, list of textiles, grains used to produce oil, spices, flowers, colours, vegetables, plants and wild trees, agriculture, ff. 107-127 blank, Nepali title on the cover page.
4[vol.15 fol(s)128-229] Meteorological record from Kathmandu 1837 One separate pre-bound notebook, plus a few other additional printed leaves, recorded in chart form.
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Published record of hourly meteorological observations made by Campbell at the Residency in Kathmandu, shown in tabular form [Campbell_ 1837b:610-612, 889 & 7, 83][Campbell_1838:7, 83].