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Draft of a letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Colonel Hardy to send some corrections for errata in the printed copy. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 4 April 1873.

Draft note from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Colonel Hardy with corrections for the Hodgson's memoranda. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 18 April 1873.

Draft of a letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Mr Macnabb in which he asks Macnabb to tell Mr Hammond that all they want at Pekin is to disabuse the Emperor's advisers of lies being told by the Lhasa and Kathmandu people. He suggest they play shuttlecock with the Emperor's name to prevent the English making frank and friendly commercial dealings with Tibet. He continues to give further advice concerning Tibet. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 9 May 1873.

Correspondence with W.W. Hunter. Two draft letters from Brian Houghton Hodgson to W.W. Hunter concerning the political situation in Nepal. Dated June 1873.

Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to W.W. Hunter in which he writes again that he assumes Hunter is in India. He also writes in some detail of the deputation and of the Nepal/ Tibet war. This seems to be a later version of BHH/5/37/1. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 10 sides, dated 20 June 1873. With accompanying envelope.

A set of six manuscripts. Most of these are concerned with Hodgson's comparison of vocabularies in the Himalayan region. There are also notes concerning English-German vocabulary.

Vocabulary of the Broken Tribes of Himalaya. "Printed in Jour. Asi. Soc. Bengal, Vocabulary of Broken tribes of Himalaya to As. Soc of Bengal Oct 9 1857 with memoir on Váyus". Vocabulary sheets comparing English, Kusundá, Pákhyá, Thakśya and Tháru. handwritten, 6 large sheets, dated 9 October 1857.

Váyu / Háyu Language/Dialect. As set of nine manuscripts concerning the Váyu / Háyu Language/Dialect and its vocabulary.

"A Specimen of the Váyu language". A sample of Váyu / Háyu writing with its English translation giving the story of a man called Pachyá. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 4 sides, undated.

"Bahing verbs". Declension of different verbs in the Bahing language and notes concerning them. Note on back "Kirânti people presented by self in person to As. Soc. Beng. Nov 1857, 4 photographs. The paper "On the Kirânti tribe of the central Himalaya by B.H. Hodgson also with this document in which Hodgson sets out to explain the Kirânti language. Handwritten, 13 pieces, Nov 1857. Further cover with "Printed in Jour As Soc Bengal: Memoir of Kirânti people presented to As Soc Beng with 4 photographs, Nov 1857".