File BHH/2/2 - Incomplete letter from Joseph Hooker to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 2 January [1848-1850]

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Incomplete letter from Joseph Hooker to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 2 January [1848-1850]

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Incomplete letter from Joseph Hooker to Brian Houghton Hodgson from Pemiongchi, Sikkim, in which he writes of his explorations. He had been travelling with Campbell who had left that morning for Darjeeling and will go on to [Tetulga]. He describes the Bhatiyas at Sikkim and compares them with those of Bhutan and Nepal. He describes the temples at Tapiding where "vishnus and sivas with accompanying obscenities abound". He writes concerning the geology of the areas - upper layers granite and lower of stratified rock. Handwritten, 2 pieces, dated 2 January [1848-1850].

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