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MSS EUR HODGSON/15 Agriculture, botany, meteorology and miscellaneous
notes 1836-1846 |
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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. |
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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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English |
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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. |
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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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English |
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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. |
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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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English |
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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. |
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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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English |
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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]. |