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•Printed Pamphlet of a ‘Supplement to the Botanic Garden Guide’ (1864)

Order of service for the funeral of Elizabeth Margaret Logan Farquharson (18 August 1915 – 24 May 2023), at Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, 8 June 2023; booklet (211 x 147mm), wrapper with colour illustrations, printed in black on white card, remainder in black on white paper, 8 pages including wrapper.

"On the Physiology of some Phaeophyceae"; a 14 page monograph (12 ms pages), written by Thomas Hick B.A., B.Sc., Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer in Botany, Owen's College, Manchester. This is Hick's account of the experiments he carried out to study the physiology of Phaeophyceae [Brown Algae]. Possibly published in the Journal of Botany or Annals of Botany in 1885.

Information relating to the use of Travellers bungalows in Sikkim and Darjeeling, 1922.

Useful source for deciphering historic place names mentioned in other material throughout Cave collection.

Lists 47 Travellers Bungalows in Darjeeling and Sikkim, including their distance from major population centres in miles, the height in feet, and the number of bedrooms, dining rooms, sitting rooms, beds and mattresses.

Contains archaic and offensive language in reference to indigenous populations.

Published: F. M. Bailey (Political Officer in Sikkim) and J. T. Donovan (Deputy Commissioner, Darjeeling), K. N. Pradhans Press, 1922.

Date May 1925. - Material is not dated with a year but is most likely 1925 on account of item CAV/2/2/1 (Letter of permission for Cave and Watt to travel 15 days in Sikkim) - this itinerary was originally filed alongside the letter (2/2/1)

16th Darjeeling to Jorebungalow

17th Jorebunglow to ‘Tonglo’, now Tonglu

18th to Sandakphu

19th to ‘Phallal’? - Phalut

20th to Dentam

21st to ‘Peirnionchi’ - now Pemayangtse Monastery?

22nd to ‘Timi’ or Temi

23rd to ‘Shomdang’ or now Samdong

24th to ‘Gangtok’, Gangtok

25th to ‘Karponang’, Pusum (Karponang bungalow enroute to Nathula Pass, east of Gangtok)

26th Changu

27/28th? Gnathang

29th Rhenak

30th Kalimpong