Mss Eur F252/29

Diary includes:

• Folio 1 recto: photograph of a view up Rotang Valley (with ‘Rhodo and Fir’)
• Folio 1 verso: photograph of Tibetan Wheel of Life Chart
• Folio 2 verso: photograph of a Tibetan Lama
• Folio 3 verso: photograph of a Bhutia Lady
• Folio 4 verso: photograph of 10 year old Panisaj Plantation with Bucklandia in understorey (S.P.35, Sim, Darjeeling)
• Folio 5 verso: photograph of Pipli trees (Bucklandia populnea), 37 year old plantation (S.P.25, Takdah, Darjeeling)
• Folio 6 verso: photograph of a Pipli tree plantation, 55 years old, (S.P.7, Rangirum, Darjeeling)
• Folio 7 verso: photograph of Quercus lineata trees at 30 tear old nursery (S.P.10, Rangirum)
• Folio 8 verso: photograph of Abies densa (conifer trees) sample plot and natural regeneration at 12,000ft. (Sandakphu)
• Folio 8 verso: photograph of mature Abies densa conifer trees among Rhododendron campanulatum at 12,000ft. (Sandakphu)
• Folio 9 verso: photograph of Abies rhododendron forest at 12,000ft. (Sandakphu)
• Folio 10 verso: photograph of Abies densa conifer species (Sandakphu)
• Folio 11 verso: photograph showing the last stages of destruction of ‘High Fir Forest’ (Sandakphu)
• Folio 12 verso: photograph showing Rhododendron campanulatum species of plants on a slope
• Folio 13 verso: photograph of ‘Rhodo Forest’ with ‘Fir Group’ showing a stream in the centre
• Folio 13 verso: photograph of the standing figure of ‘Shebbeare of Phalut’ with Everest and Makalu behind
• Folio 14 verso: photograph of Rhododendron falconeri species of plant at 13,000ft. (Chiabanjan)
• Folio 14 verso: photograph of ‘our tent’ (at unnamed location)
• Folio 15 verso: photograph showing mist on the Nepal-Sikkim Ridge
• Folio 16 verso: photograph of camp at Mingatung, East Nepal (Rhodo Falconeri Forest)
• Folio 17 verso: two photographs showing views of the ‘Sibuk-La Crossing’
• Folio 17 verso: photograph of camp above Gompatung
• Folio 18 verso: photograph of a small lake on the Mingatung-Gompatung Crossing at approximately 14,000ft.
• Folio 19 verso: photograph of a view westwards on to Nepal from Mingatung
• Folio 20 verso: photograph of a view over Gompatung towards Kabru
• Folio 21 verso: photograph of a view back towards the pass to Mingatung from ‘U’ (upper?) Gompatung camp
• Folio 22 verso: photograph showing a view of Yangtso Chu at ‘our camp’ looking up the valley
• Folio 23 verso: photograph showing Juniperus pseudo-sabina species of juniper (Yangtsu V, Sikkim)
• Folio 24 verso: photograph showing a view over rhododendron and fir up Rotang Chu to Kabru
• Folio 25 verso: photograph showing Primula stuart II, Cassiope fastigiata, Orobanche, Rhodo-lepidotum and Abies species of plants (near Dzongi)
• Folio 26 verso: photograph of Dzongri Chortens
• Folio 26 verso: photograph showing the milking of a yak at Dzongri
• Folio 27 verso: photograph of Pandim, at 22,000ft., and the Parek Valley from Dzongri Chortens
• Folio 28 verso: photograph of Kabur, Kabru and Kangchenjunga from Dzongri Chortens (13,500ft.)
• Folio 29 verso: photograph of a view south towards Darjeeling from Dzongri Chortens and showing mountain peaks
• Folio 29a: hand-drawn map of the Sikkim area by Marcel Kurz (1:1000) dated 1930, actual size 70cm. x 43cm., highlighting a journey route from Phalut to Dentam [loose item]
• Folios 29b, 29c, 29d: three page typescript with the headings ‘Itinerary Phalut to Dzongri’ and ‘Itinerary Dentam to Ramam (Rambhang)’ giving descriptions of terrains and gradients on the routes [3 loose items]
• Folio 30 verso: photograph of a view south-west from Dzongri Chortens with Kaimla and route to Mingatung
• Folio 31 verso: photograph of a view west from Dzongri Chortens on to Kang La, 18280, into Nepal
• Folio 32 verso: photograph of a view north from Dzongri Chortens to Kabur, Kabru and K-C-Junga
• Folio 33 verso: photograph of a view east from Dzongri Chortens on to Pandim Ridge, Parek V and Pandim
• Folio 34 verso: photograph of Abies densa conifers on the Moraine Crests among ‘Rhodo’ and showing Gompatung Chu in the centre (Yangtso Valley, Sikkim)
• Folio 35 verso: photograph of a view in the Zambuk Forest of Quercus lineata and other species including a Beilschmiedia tree, Hydrangea and a Polygomum plant
• Folio 36 verso: photograph showing climbing Aroids, possibly Pothos scandens at a temperate oak forest at 8,000ft. (Zambuk near Yoksam)
• Folio 37 verso: photograph of Yoksam Plateau
• Folio 37 verso: photograph of local Shikari on the Yoksam Path
• Folio 38 verso: photograph showing Gleichenia species of fern and Arisaema species of plant (Pemayangtse)
• Folio 39 verso: two photographs showing the bridge over the Rangit-Chu below Yoksam
• Folio 40 verso: photograph of oak forest at Pemayangtse showing Quercus lineata, Castanopsis species of tree, with many Epiphytes
• Folio 41 verso: photograph of temperate oak forest at 6,000ft. with the description “full of leeches” (Pemayangtse)
• Folio 42 verso: photograph showing a view of the Pemayangtse Monastery
• Folio 43 verso: photograph of the Arisaema speciosum species of lily (Pemayangtse)
• Folio 45 verso: two photographs showing the bridge over Ringhi-Chu below Tadong
• Folio 48 verso: photograph of hemlock forest with Arundinaria species of bamboo
• Folio 49 verso: photograph of hemlock forest at Raman
• Folio 50 verso: photograph of Panisaj plantation with Bucklandia (1924), near Darjeeling
• Folio 51 verso: photograph of an example of Betula cylindrostachys species of tree, 148ft. top height, 43 years old
• Folio 52 verso: photograph showing an example of Celogyne corimbosa species of orchid in flower (Batasi R.H.)
• Folio 53 verso: photograph of Cryptomeria conifer plantations with Michelia excels (Lingding)
• Folio 54 verso: photograph of a Cyathea brunoniana fern tree (Takdah F.R.H.)
• Folio 55 verso: photograph of Betula cylindrostachys species of tree, 148 ft. high and 20” diameter
• Folio 56 verso: photograph of Cryptomeria japonica cedars, height 97ft., average diameter 18 · 4” and aged 32years (Rangarum S.P.6)
• Folio 57 verso: photograph of Quercus lineata species of tree, 72ft. high at 35 years of age (Rangarum S.P.4)
• Folio 58 verso: photograph of Quercus lamellose species of tree, 57ft. high, 30 years old (Rangarum S.P.13)
• Folio 59 verso: photograph of tree ferns (? Cyathea brunoniana) in winter condition (Debrepani)
• Folio 60 verso: photograph of oak forest with Maling Ringal and plantation area above (Chiabirtonglu)
• Folio 61 verso: photograph showing a plant nursery at 7.000ft. with Tsuga, Alnus and Juglans (Batasi, Darjeeling)
• Folio 62 verso: photograph of an oak forest at 6,500ft. showing Castanopsis hystrix, Echinocarpus and Bucklandia (Begora)
• Folio 63 verso: photograph of Alnus Nepalensis and Michelia Excelsa species of tree, 5 years old (Begora, 1929)
• Folio 64 verso: photograph of a tree fern (? Alsophila oldhami) at Mana
• Folio 65 verso: photograph showing Cryptomera conifer plantations of 1919-21, round Mana F.R.H.
• Folio 66 verso: photograph of 12 year old Bucklandia populnea trees (Latpanchar, Kurseong Dn.)
• Folio 67 verso: photograph showing a scenic view out over the plains with the Teesta joined by Rongbong Lish and Gish and Naura rivers from Begora-mana path
• Folio 68 verso: photograph of ‘Lower Hill Forest,’ 35,000ft. showing Castanopsis tribuloides, Betula cylindrostachys and Schima Wallichil species of tree
• Folio 69 verso: photograph of an Acrocarpus fraxinifolius species of tree in a forest (Latpanchar)
• Folio 70 verso: photograph showing Lower Hill Forests from Latpanchar Cinchona Estate
• Folio 71 verso: photograph of Lower Hill Forests at 3,500ft. and showing Albizzia stipulata, Eurya, Terminalia myriocarpa, Phoebe, Betula and Cinnamomum species of plants and trees
• Folio 72 verso: photograph showing the truck of a large Terminalia myriocarpa tree of 20ft. girth
• Folio 73 verso: photograph of Michelia champaca tree plantation, 6 years old (Sukna)
• Folio 74 verso: photograph of Lower Hill Forest, Latpanchar, showing Betula, Castanopsis sterculia, Miliusa and Actinodaphne species of plants
• Folio 75 verso: photograph of Middle Hill Forest at 4,000ft. (Latpanchar), showing Betula, Ostodes, Euya and Schefflera species of plants
• Folio 76 verso: photograph of Alnus nepalensis tree plantation, 9 years old, 43ft. high (S.P. Rangarum)
• Folio 77 verso: photograph of Lower Hill Forest at 3,500ft. showing Betula, Castanopsis, Hovenia, Eurya and Talauma species of plant (Latpanchar)
• Folio 78 verso: photograph of Lower Hill Forest at 3,500ft. showing Castanopsis, Schima, Betula and Engelharddtia (Latpanchar)
• Folio 79 recto: photograph of Lower Hill Forest at Latpanchar and showing an example of Terminalia myriocarpa species of tree
• Folio 79 verso: photograph of raised nursery beds of Michelia excelsa, rat-proofed
• Folio 80 recto: photograph of young Tsuga plantation at Batasi
• Folio 81 recto: photograph of Cupressus funebris trees at Rangarum