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"Notes on the writing of Awareness as a principle in ethics" - thoughts on the process of writing the article.

Notebook: bound in ruby red and gold, handwritten, containing notes on various books, e.g. "JPB de Josselyn de Jong, Studies in Indonesian Culture I", concerned with Asian history and culture.

A list of shorthand descriptions of 35 caves, including, but not limited to, information on the positioning of entrances, condition of water tanks, dimensions, as well as proximity and comparisons to other caves. Some small rough sketches of ornamentation are also included.

The caves listed are: No. 6 -7, 14, 21, 42 - 51, 69 - 88, and 93 - 99.

These are pages 13 - 17 on the folder list.

Notes on various issues of Chinese grammar, possibly a response to something Graham or some other has written.

Notes on various topics including use of LSD, language, poetry drafts, Chinese texts. "Cattleya Note" consisting of four notebook sections bound into a black cover with metal spine.

Notes on Váyu / Háyu vocabulary and grammar including adjectives, numerals, prepositions, verbs, declension of pronouns, plural objects. Handwritten, 34 pieces, undated.

Description: Green-black patterned hardbound notebook with ruled blue pages, handwritten in ink. Single insert.

Contents:

• Multiple glossaries with some combination of English, Pahlavi, and Persian (pp.1-8)
• Notes and Summaries from different Das Land und sein Bewohner Erster Theil, Lepizig, 1865. (pp. 8 - 17)
• "Notes on Persia, from the Popular Encyclopedia on Conversations Lexicon" (pp. 18 - 42)
• "Vocabulary of the Dialects of Mazanderan and Ghilan (M & G) with the local pronunciation" by G. Melgounof in 1860, ZDMG xxii (pp. 43 - 66)
• "Content of Shahnamah, from Jas Atkinson's Translation, India, 1832" (pp. 67 - 72)
  *"Names in Shahnamah, besides the principle ones in the Contents" (pp. 73 - 79)
• "Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East" (pp. 81 - 3)
• "Transliteration adopted for Avesta and Pahlavi Alphabets" (p. 84)
• Summary of "Mujuru-dh-dhahhabi va Ma'adinu-l-jauhari" by Abu-l-Hasan Ali (pp.87 - 98)
• Summary of article from ZDMG by A. Houtum-Schindler regarding Parsi population (pp. 99)
• Words used by Persian Parsis, which differ from common Persian" (pp. 99 - 119)

Inserts:

• scrap of paper with scientific names and common names of different plants and animals
• tracing paper stuck into notebook. Engraving on antique cup copied down. Cup "found on the western frontier of Persia"

Notes on Wakhis and other people - notes on culture and habits of Wakhis and other local people, probably those sent by Lorimer to Carter when Political Agent in Gilgit. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 4 sides.

Notes on xing 性 in Zhuangzi, draft paper by Robert G. Henricks.

Notebook: black, with notes concerning an oath/allegiance. On the back cover a Thai brochure has been glued: "The brief history of Wat Matchimawas, Songkha province southern Thailand". This was printed 29 August 1973.