The Nagas

Khozoma-Chipoktama cane cutting dispute; new village of Pesetsu tours Pesetsu Dazo Khozoma Chipoketami (Chipoktama) Pesetsu 26.12.1919-27.12.1919 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, O...
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dispute over water channels for pani-khets; claim of Kohima man to land in Sema country tours Likhovi/ of Khivikhu Sahoma/ of Chipoktama Koopoo Zeyeke/ of Kohima Dazo Jasitso/ of Kohima Torre Kivikhu ...
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Nahatomi-Tehepfima boundary dispute; Satoi boundary case; fish drive; Khozama-Chipoktama case; Nikiye pays fine tours Barnes Viyekha/ of Phekrokezuma Nihu Injevi Lumakomi Kwovekhu Thavalho Satoi Nikiy...
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Terhimi puja; Viyekhu's baby tours Viyekhu Chipoketami (Chipoktama) Phek (Phekrokezuma) 1.1.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 1st January. Counted Chipoktama and went on...
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ceremonial dhan pounding by men tours Losama 2.1.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 2nd January. To Losama where I saw a feast given by a household. All the dhan pounding...
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tours Tahome Chizami (Kozabama) 3.1.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 3rd January. Fined Losama Rs 10/- for a disgraceful Dak Bungalow fence. To Kozabama. Counted it. Ta...
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Kaluma- Chobama land dispute; Tekhubama-Nakrama grazing case tours Nihu Kaluma Chobama Pfutsero (Tekhubama) Nakrama 4.1.1920-5.1.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 4th Ja...
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tours Chakhabama (Sakhabama) 6.1.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 6th January, 21 miles. To Sakhabama where I found goalas cowherds in evidence for my benefit. Road rep...
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thana repairs and town improvements at Dimapur tours Dimapur 18.1.1920-19.1.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (33) 18th January. To Dimapur where I went round the Thana ...
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tours Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford Tour Diary of K.Cantlie Esqr., I.C.S., Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills for the month of January and February 1920. Next Previous
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counting villages tours Kherbari Khonoma Nakama Pedi (Padi) Chama (Champa) Tejang Dzulake (Dzula) 30.1.1920-8.2.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 30th January. To Khonom...
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tours Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (37) Tour Diary of K. Cantlie Esqr., Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills for the month of February 1920. Next Previous
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sale of quinine; pay of schoolmasters tours Phesama Kigwema Mima 13.2.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 13th February. 22 miles. To Phesama, Kigwema and Mima and counted...
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tours Dimapur 14.2.1920-18.2.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (37a) February 14th. To Dimapur. February 18th. Dimapur to Kohima. These two days are part of my journey o...
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Gurkhali settlers tours khuti Merema (Merama) Keruma 23.2.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford February 23rd. To Merama and counted it visiting two Gurkhali Khutis on the w...
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intermarriage and degeneracy tours Angami Viphoma (Vipoma) 24.2.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 24th. To Vipoma. This is on the western edge of the Angamis and is a de...
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new Sema settlements; sale of quinine tours Ivikhu Sema Vishyepu (Vishepu) Viphoma (Vipoma) 25.2.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 25th. I saw the new Sema settlements w...
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elephant herds tours Kherima 26.2.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 26th. I went down to the river valley and found many elephant tracks. The herd has come up and stayed...
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tours Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (39) Tour Diary of K. Cantlie Esqr., Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills for the month of March 1920. Next Previous
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tours Vizilhu/ of Sachema Khonoma Sachema 3.3.1920- 8.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 3rd. To Khonoma to investigate a case of a man's sudden disappearance. 4th. Ret...
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elephants; relatives of man who accidentally killed his brother desert village; value of dispensary tours Zeppelhu Priphema (Piphima) Kevoma 9.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archiv...
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quinine sales; sugar cane tours Revenburg/ Dr Kuki Pherima Meziphima (Mezephima) Sirhima (Serhima) Sachenobama 10.3.1920-12.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 10th. To ...
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Khonoma murder tours Merhema Khel/ Khonoma Khonoma 19.3.1920-20.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 19th. To Khonoma. The inside road drains have been filled in but in m...
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school; land dispute tours Pulomi (Kenoma) Pedi (Peddi) Nakama (Nakoma) Teijung 21.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 21st. Goanbura of Kenoma came in about the new sch...
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house tax and widows; quinine tours Geppo Rawuma (Raluma) Henima Ridima Lemhema Chama 22.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 22nd. To Raluma and counted it. To anticipat...
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decrease in Lemhema through influenza tours Lemhema 24.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 24th. To Lemhema and counted it. The village as I have said above suffered ver...
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Soget-Sinjol land dispute tours Anam Soget Shinjol (Sinjol) Lakema 25.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 25th. Returned Lakema. The Goanburas of Jalukema, Berrima, Soge...
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shifting villages; genna to have three women in one house; cotton mangling machine tours Kuki Zalukemi (Jalukema) Birema (Berrima) Lakema Bolbung 26.3.1920-27.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rive...
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salt eating; blankets made from chestnut bark tours Kacha Naga Phuima Tapama 28.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 28th. To Phuima. The village had decreased by two rev...
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permission to make village; clay pots? tours Barnes Anam Kuki Kandung (Kanduma) Dupema 29.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford (42) 29th. To Kanduma. There are 15 Kuki ho...
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dispensary at Henima; training a Compounder tours Yanching/ of Henima Henima 30.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 30th. Counted Henima. Increased houses by four. The d...
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tribute payment tours Webster/ Mr. Geppo Anongbo Injoumai (Injuma) Henima Kikajan Hill Khonoma Songjong 31.3.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 31st. To Injuma. Henima an...
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dance at Intuma; government loans tours Barnes Tutongbo Kacha Naga Kuki Intuma Injaona (Jaona) Lalangmi (Lalongmi) Jampi Insung (Insong) 1.4.1920-2.4.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum A...
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bad harvest; sugar cane; bridge repair; quinine sales tours Mechangbung (Mechongbung) Sulen R. (Cholin R.) Henima 3.4.1920-4.4.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Museum Archive, Oxford 3rd. Apr...
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disease and failure of Henima dispensary tours Kyakpo/ of Sarama Sailim Kabui Sarama Undaimai Josama (Jasama) Bopungwemi (Bapugwema) Sailhim (Sailim) 5.4.1920 Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 Pitt Rivers Muse...
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Jasama-Bapugwema dispute; eating seed dhan at Bapugwema; loans tours Hutton Josama (Jasama) Bopungwemi (Bapugwema) Inkyema Sailhim (Sailim) Tasanki (Tesangki) Sarama Thenjol 7.4.1920-12.4.1920 Cantlie...
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posting to the Naga Hills articles Hutton Mills Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie 1919 I wired to the Chief Secretary of Assam enquiring where I should go. A repl...
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arrival at Kohima articles Mills Vickers/ Maj. Shakespear/ Maj. Kohima Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie At Kohima, Mills greeted me and stayed a week to tell me ...
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Kuki rebellion in Manipur State articles Kuki Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie My arrival was just after the end of the Kuki rebellion in Manipur State. The Kuki...
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return of the Naga labour Corps from France articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Almost my first public duty was to hold a great ritual dance in honour of t...
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language difficulties in the Naga Hills articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Administration in the Naga Hills presented peculiar difficulties. The number of...
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administration in the Naga Hills articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The spirit though not the strict letter of the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedur...
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administration in the Naga Hills dobashis articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie For example official interpreters (dobashis) wore a red cloth as a symbol of ...
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administration in the Naga Hills oath-taking articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another great help was the taking of oaths. The oaths are of various forms...
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administration in the Naga Hills Angami's clan system and the establishment of 'Government headmen' articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie A trouble in...
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religion among the Angamis articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie No enquiry was made by me into religion except that I got to know that there was a be...
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gennas - kenna and penna and the role of the Kemova and Pitsu articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie But a speedy acquaintance with the magico-religiou...
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Cantlie's marriage articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie I went to Bombay and married May Walker whose father had been Lord Provost of Aberdeen on the same d...
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domestic life in Kohima articles Kohima Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Fish was not procurable but beef was available intermittently and of course goat, chicke...
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Barnes' visit to Cantlie in Kohima articles Barnes Siviter-Smith Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Barnes had been at Kohima as Deputy Commissioner. As Commission...
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Kohima Magistrate's Court articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie There was a Khasi Magistrate there as Treasury Officer who ran the office with its staff of N...
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touring articles Asimo Jhanda Nihu Wokha Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Two roomed brick bungalows with servants' quarters and cook house were built along the ...
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touring wild animals and snakes articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie On tour one did not see wild animals but I did once happen to see the reddish brown dog...
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touring ritual gifts articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie I did not like taking foodstuffs as this was never done on the plains but an occasional ritual gif...
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touring house tax collection articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Villages were on the tops of hills as they were fortresses in the old days of village warf...
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touring last tour; wild bees; illness articles Hutton Shakespear/ Capt. Nambur Forest (Nambar Forest) Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie My last tour was disastrou...
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social life in Kohima articles Vickers/ Maj. Prior Shakespear Rivenburg Kohima Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie There was none when I arrived as officers were di...
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tour with Mills in Ao country elephant hunt articles Mills Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Mills met me at Wokha in the Lhota country where there was a dispe...
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tour with Mills in Ao country articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Visits to the villages were made en route between the Government Rest Houses. As each ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao Christians articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie About one third of the Aos in my time were Christians who were expelled ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao village officials and clans articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Among the Aos there is a small council of "Tatars" comp...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao marriage articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie One curious custom is mentioned in the book of Mills. The Ao unmarried gir...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao oath taking articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The Ao does not take oath taking as seriously as the Angami. In some ca...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao cemeteries articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie One had to be careful in avoiding the path leading through the cemetery ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country Ao religion articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Every Ao had a "tiya" in the sky. This was not a God but a fate. Every Ao ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country allusion to the Baimho ghost articles Ao Lungkam (Nunkum) Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie A visit to the American Missionaries at ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country description of Mukokchung articles Ao Mokokchung (Mukokchung) Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Mukokchung with its tiny office and ...
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head-taking articles Ongli Ngaku Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie All the tribes practised this - Aos, Semas and Angamis etc. Much has been written about it and ...
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tour with Mills in Ao country articles Ao Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie We went on to Wakching where there was a dispensary with its view of range after range...
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description of the Semas; revised edition of Hutton's 'Sema Nagas', 1968 articles Hutton Sema Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie They were mostly in Mukokchung Sub...
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education in the Naga Hills articles Kevichuse Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The policy of District officials had been to introduce changes in tribal customs ...
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some cases land dispute between Nagas in the Naga Hills and Manipur State articles Gimson Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Some Nagas lived in Manipur State near...
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some cases witchcraft articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another strange trial was one for witchcraft which I was obliged to hear when on tour in t...
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some cases robbery of grave ornaments articles Angami Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Another strange case was the robbing of the grave ornaments of a noted man...
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some cases fighting prohibited on main routes to allow trading and a case of head-taking articles Injevi Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie The eastern boundary of...
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some cases presentation of a red blanket to the Sema chief of Sakhai village across the frontier articles Sakhai Sakhalu Nantaleik R. (Tizu R.) Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr...
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some cases murder at Khonoma articles Khonoma Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie Cantlie Tour Diary 6.3.1920 Only one murder occurred in my tenure. The Assamese po...
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hobbies - butterfly collecting articles Cantlie/ Keith 1919-1920 private collection loaned by Dr Audrey Cantlie At Aberdeen I had taken the Botany class and the Zoology class but found that Brandt's t...
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articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 The Feast of Merit among the Northern Sangtam Tribe of Assam. By C.R.Stonor. Next
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introduction articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 Introduction. It has become customary to label the Assam-Burma border as a "well-documented region" : among...
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the rules of performance articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 [2] I. The rules of performance. Performance of the feasts of merit is regulated among the Sang...
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the series of feasts articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 II. The series of feasts. Next Previous
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the series of feasts first - Yungti articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 1. Yungti. Essentials: The first of the series is Yungti. The essentials of the feas...
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the series of feasts second - Yungti articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 2. Yungti. The Yungti feast is repeated at a convenient interval, usually of a year...
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the series of feasts third - Anitz articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 [3] 3. Anitz. Essentials : The animals sacrificed at this feast are: One mithan - If ...
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the series of feasts fourth - Anitz articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 4. Anitz. The Anitz is repeated in identical manner, except that a second mithan is ...
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details of the ritual articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 III. Details of the ritual. The date for a feast is fixed at the convenience of the giver, and may...
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details of the ritual first day - killing a mithan; division of meat; dance articles Sangtam <Northern Chimongre (Chimongrr) 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 [5] 2. First Day. Rope...
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details of the ritual second day - forked posts; dancing articles Chanthong Pi/ of Phirre Ahirr Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 [6] 3. Second Day. I reached the ...
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details of the ritual third day - mithan heads taken down articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 4. Third Day. The festival is in effect over. The two mithan h...
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details of the ritual subsequent ritual articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 5. Subsequent Ritual. The feaster and his two shyangrr-myangrr must remain chast...
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details of the ritual gifts of meat and drink articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 IV. Interpretation. To gain a reasonably full understanding and knowledge ...
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details of the ritual method of killing sacrificial animals articles Sangtam <Northern Lhota Rengma Sema Ao 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 [9] The ritual has many features of gre...
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details of the ritual use of forked posts articles Sangtam <Northern Chang 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 The use of forked posts for erecting the mithan heads is of some interes...
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details of the ritual role of women in the feast articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 [10] It will be noted in the account of the ritual that unlike the Ao N...
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details of the ritual sacramental nature of meat and beer; missionaries ban the drinking of beer but not spirits articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 The two...
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details of the ritual the dance articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 The dancing divides sharply into two types, quite distinct from one another: the slow, m...
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details of the ritual sun-worship: brass discs worn on lengtas; white shell discs worn as necklaces articles Sangtam <Northern 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV 1950 A remarkable feature...
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details of the ritual privileges accruing from performance of feasts articles Archer/ W.G. Sangtam <Northern Chongtore (Changtorr) Chimongre (Chimongrr) 12.1947 Stonor/ C.R. 1950 'Anthropos', vol. XLV...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] tours 20.1.1873 Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographical Society, London The following extract of a letter from...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] Raja withdraws escort tours 21.1.1873-22.1.1873 Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographical Society, London On the...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] Raja denies right of British to territory east of Kohima tours 24.1.1873 Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographic...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] report of destruction of villages by Munipuris tours 26.1.1873-29.1.1873 Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographic...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] Gaziphima destroyed tours Gaziphima 30.1.1873 Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographical Society, London On the 3...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] Shipvomi incident tours Shipvomi 31.1.1873-1.2.1873 Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographical Society, London Em...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] village feuds tours Yemi (Yemai) 2.2.1873 Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographical Society, London The next day...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] peace concluded tours 3.2.1873 Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographical Society, London Early on the 3rd, Nagas...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] to Munipur; Raja's refusal to let the survey continue tours Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographical Society, L...
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survey complete tours Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographical Society, London Bengal The Survey of the Naga Hills. The Survey of the Naga-Munipuri boundary is by this time complete,...
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extracts of a letter from a member of the survey party [Godwin-Austen] tours Japvo 20.1.1873 Godwin-Austen/ H.H. 26.11.1872-4.4.1873 Royal Geographical Society, London A friend sends us the following ...
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