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Letter from Dr. Laurence A. Waddell, Medical College, Calcutta, to William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore, in which he writes that he has been deputed by the Government to explore Kapilavastu for about 6 weeks and is starting at once. He has support of Vincent Smith, through whose kindness he introduces himself and asks for permission to see the excavations. He hopes to reach Birdpore on 19 January. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 14 January 1899.

Letter from Dr. Laurence A. Waddell to William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore, in which he writes that he will be at Chandapore tomorrow and expects to meet Dr. Hoey there. He asks for 'particulars of the ruins at Mahāpāli near the Mekhra River S. of your house' where there are said to be 'stone images'. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 4 February 1899.

Letter from Dr Laurence A. Waddell to William Claxton Peppé in which he thanks Peppé for his letter and umbrella. He would be glad to have loan of Peppé's large solah topi. He is looking forward to working out the precise location of Tawliva. He asks Peppé to tell him the point at which he crossed the frontier for Gawra and continues with more news of his explorations. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 29 January 1899.

Letter from Dr. Laurence A. Waddell to William Claxton Peppé, in which he writes that they had arrived in Tauliva the day before and had not been able to elicit much help from the Nepalese officials. He writes about places he has visited and hopes to visit and the difference between actual location and map references. Peppé has annotated the letter with a note about the Shiva temple at Tauliva. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 24 January 1899.

Letter from Dr Julliett Clutton-Brock (Natural History Museum) to Mrs W.J. Ingham identifying fungus from a photograph sent by Ingham and giving information about the global prevalence of lions during the Ice Age up to the time of ancient Greece.

Letter from Dr J.R. Knox to Terence Phelps, 23 November 2001, to thank him for his letter and monograph and assure him that Dr Willis will see it on his return.

Letter from Dr J.E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw, Universiteit van Amsterdam, to Raymond Head, to thank him for his letter and xeroxes that he sent. She has been invited by the Government of Indonesia as a guest at the opening of Borobudur so will take the copies and hope to identify some of them on the spot. She will also take photos to contrast the present condition with the past drawings.

Letter from Dr J F Symonds to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his gift of his treatises. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 18 September 1858.

Letter from Dr Hans Lenk, Universitat Karlshruhe, to Roger Ames, Philosophy East &West, concerning the republication of Graham's article in Epistemological Questions in Classical Chinese Philosophy.

Letter from Dr Hans Lenk, Universitat Karlshruhe, to Angus Graham to thank Graham for his letter and that he will look forward to receiving Graham's paper on "The Tao and the One".