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Brief introduction, detailing Cave's early biography as well as information on the geography, culture, and people of Sikkim. Transcription of 1906 Diary is main body of text, followed by glossary of terms and final notes.

Letter to George H. Cave, authorizing James Cromer Watt to accompany Cave for 15 days travel in Sikkim 'for the purpose of seeing rhododendrons.'

Routes taken by William Wright Smith and G.H. Cave in 1909 and 1910. Map draw on in pencil. Originally published by Surveyor General of India, May 1906.

Census information for Nepal, 1900. Annotations made in red pen to correct the spelling of certain indigenous groups.

Descriptive information relating to the castes or tribes of Nepal, 1910. Information presented as a spreadsheet with the headings, 'Caste', 'Language', 'Religion', and 'Remarks'.

There are a few corrections in blue ink to the names and spellings of certain indigenous groups.

Published - A. Earle. Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner's Office, Darjeeling, 24th July, 1900.

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.

Book of newspaper cuttings and notes relative to the H.M.S Challenger (1873-76)
Box of Challenger photographs
‘The Challenger Expedition, 1872-1876: A Visual Index’ by Eileen V. Brunton, 2nd Ed, The Library, The Natural History Museum, London (2004)

• Bertha Chandler's thesis, 1913, "The Theory and Practice of Vegetative Propagation in the Flowering Plants", illustrated by Bertha's drawings and photographs, and photographs by Robert Moyes Adam.
• 4 notebooks; Botany, May 1905 - Bertha's University of Edinburgh lecture notes; Practical Botany sketch book, Winter 1907-08, drawings and notes; Hardy Shrubs, drawings, notes and literature references, plus numerous enclosure, including partial notes for a talk on plant luminescence; and 'Where is it?' - an indexed book containing an alphabetical list of plants experimented with for Callus formation and Propagation with numerical list at end of book.
• Reprint - Utricularia emarginata by Chandler, Annals of Botany, vol. XXIV, No., XCV, July 1910, owned by Chandler.
• 7 copies of Chandler's biography for the RBGE Guild journal.