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Kohima, Naga Hills, Assam - Says he will not write on trans-frontier tribes as he is too far from the frontier, and doesn't have time, but is hoping to get some information in a memoir of the A.S.B. [Asiatic Society of Bengal?] this summer, but won't include much on their religion; has seen proofs of 'The Lakkers' by N. E. Parry; wishes he could get Government to look at things the way Pitt-Rivers sees them, but the missions mean too much to them.

Queen Anne’s Mansions, St. James Park, London – An account of a tea party at which [George Henry Lane Fox] Pitt-Rivers was present, and a party at which the French Ambassador Aimé Joseph de Fleuriau presented the Légion d'honneur to Dudley Buxton for his discovery of a missing cache of Descartes’ letters. Discusses the phrase 'cent sous' in response to Lewis’ query; mentions undertaking a translation of 'Christianisme et la Révolution française' by Aulard, and writing two articles.