3 sides of foolscap with a brief summary entitled 'Professor Hu's 1937-40 Expeditions as they affect RBG Edinburgh' which provides a background to the Yu, Wang and Liu specimens held in the RBGE Herbarium.
Keenan, James (Jimmy)SUMMARY:
Brief note referencing a source (Ibid., pp. 36–38) about Tibetan-speaking 'Tai' and coolie transport, with a remark about a good description of a journey. The page also lists several numeric references or codes.
CONTENT:
Ibid. p. 36-38. 6745
Tibetan Speaking 'Tai' - Coolie transport. 1.0444
Good description of journey ------
6745
26980
2698
2698
7044478
Notes written after Yu's time at RBGE ; Chinese botanist Te-Tsun Yu's [T.T. Yu's] career was significant and in recognition that our records of his time at RBGE are limited, RBGE horticulturist Edward Kemp contributed to our records by producing an account of his time spent with Yu alongside a summary of his career. To this is added an assessment of the Yu herbarium written by Jimmy Keenan in the 1960s(?)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)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.
SUMMARY:
With the rain ceasing on Oct 18, leeches disappeared and the party could move through the forest undergrowth and collect in comparative comfort. Resident birds were joined by autumn migrants as they worked down into the previously untouched evergreen zone, keeping them very busy and wishing for more time there.
CONTENT:
198.1 = 7397 60° = 1.06
443.82
7840'
Nov 16 With the cessation of the rain on Oct 18 leeches disappeared and we were able to creep through the forest undergrowth and collect in comparative comfort. Resident birds were now reinforced by numbers of autumn migrants. We worked our way down to the evergreen zone and were kept very busy. So far we had left this zone quite untouched. We greatly regretted we had not more time to devote to it.
SUMMARY:
The page shows only the number 3 with no discernible diary content.
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