field diary 1832 deciphering problems

[Henry7]

'Nagas all of several casts' - maybe a misspelling of 'castes'?

[JanSeifert]

Casts do not apply to Nagas. Besides 1832 the knowledge of casts was not as widespread as it is today.
»carts« is probably ok. But time will tell. I will keep your idea in my head. By the time I have finished the whole diary, I may well be able to read the first pages easily 

Jan

[JanSeifert]

Hi, more problems to solve:
Sorry for the poor photograph, I was still getting into the flow work and the lighting in the Library is not very good.

2.1
(...such is the difficulty of moving in these hill countries when no animal)
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[but] man can creep along loaded
and where it’s necessary to carry 8
or 10 days provisions on men’s
backs.
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edit: I guess now its »but«. Does anyone concur?

[JanSeifert]

2.2
»
up the valley of Munnipore [and?] [??]
the last mile or so which took us
through a gap into a parallel
valley half opening into the great
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[JanSeifert]

2.3

»
the marks of former cultivation.
The extent now cultivated in the
valley [bears?] a very small proportion
indeed to the present state [??]
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(and in the valley alone there is room
for a very considerable population)

[JanSeifert]

2.1 is marked as solved

j.

[arthurk]

2.2 - except

2.3 - the first one looks like 'bears', and I think the phrase with the missing word could be '...indeed to the ground still uncleared'

[JanSeifert]

Thanks arthurk! That is magic.

j

[JanSeifert]

2.4

(be quite sufficient to defy the inroads of any foreign people – protec-)
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ted as they are by such and strong moun-
tainous regions in all directions, [??]
in sites for impregnable fortresses *
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