Plant Hunting in Kashmir.- Howard later Howard-Bury
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Plant Hunting in Kashmir.- Howard later Howard-Bury (Kenneth, Captain, army officer, married Lady Emily Alfreda Julia, 1856-1931, youngest daughter of Charles William Bury, third earl of Charleville, father of Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury, mountaineer and army officer, 1883-1963, 1846-85) Letter-book of a journey in northern India, principally Kashmir, autograph manuscript, 47pp. excluding blanks, order in Kasmiri from the Maharajah of Kashmir, "to grant me coolies and supplies" for his expedition, 1p., original envelope loosely inserted, original red moiré cloth, gilt, 8vo, [c. 1874].
⁂ Contains copies of letters to his parents and sister while on an expedition to Kashmir in 1874. On his travels he sights Nanga Parbat and collects plants on numerous occasions, "The ferns would delight you. I forget how many different sorts I gathered the other day." Among other travellers he meets are Douglas Forsyth (1827-86), and Dr. Henry Bellew (1834-92) on their return from the 1873/4 embassy to Kashgar, Robert Shaw, an explorer turned political agent at Yarkand, and some Russians with whom he went bear hunting "in which we were not successful."
⁂ Contains copies of letters to his parents and sister while on an expedition to Kashmir in 1874. On his travels he sights Nanga Parbat and collects plants on numerous occasions, "The ferns would delight you. I forget how many different sorts I gathered the other day." Among other travellers he meets are Douglas Forsyth (1827-86), and Dr. Henry Bellew (1834-92) on their return from the 1873/4 embassy to Kashgar, Robert Shaw, an explorer turned political agent at Yarkand, and some Russians with whom he went bear hunting "in which we were not successful."
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Plant Hunting in Kashmir.- Howard later Howard-Bury
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