The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga diary two

caption: a cold morning
medium: diaries
location: Helipong
date: 18.11.1936
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 2.6.1936-11.7.1937
note: translated from german by Dr Ruth Barnes
acquirer:
person: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
text: Camp Kuthurr 18/11/1936.
text: I heard the rain fall on my tent even before any life was stirring in the camp. It was a grey windy morning and instead of the beautiful view into the distance one saw only clouds of rain moving on quickly. My stomach was not quite all right and I had only a small bite for breakfast.