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4 Lyall Street, Belgrave Square - Queries the custom of the severed dog that an army marched between after the peace was made, has asked [William] Ridgeway and [Charles] Hagberg Wright; also mentions the custom of burning rue to avoid the evil eye; would like to meet him.

P. & O.S.N. Co. S.S. 'Mongolia', Address The Residency, Udaipur, Rajputana - Asks for his support to be elected to the Athenaeum; has collected the customs and manners of Chinese Turkestan; is now to take up the post of Resident in Udaipur.

Hill Crest, Dormans Park, East Grinstead - Gives advice, as asked, on using the garden of the Royal Geographical Society, and on the insertion of leaflets in the 'Geographical Journal', and suggests writing to the President Professor Balfour; also suggests the "Geographical Magazine" and the Central Asian Society, where Sir Percy Sykes has influence.

4 Lyall Street, Belgrave Square. Dated 1.iv.14 - Queries the custom of the severed dog that an army marched between after the peace was made, has asked [William] Ridgeway and [Charles] Hagberg Wright; also mentions the custom of burning rue to avoid the evil eye; would like to meet him.

The Residency, Udaipur, Rajputana. Dated 31.I.16 - Asks for his support to be elected to the Athenaeum; has collected the customs and manners of Chinese Turkestan; is now to take up the post of Resident in Udaipur.

26 St. George's Court, Gloucester Road, S.W.7. - It is nearly eighteen months since his sister Ella died, hopes he may keep the Downie biography; when writing his 'History of Afghanistan' the first source he turned to was 'The Golden Bough', which widened his outlook on life more than any other book.