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*[https://archive.org/details/ficuselasticainb00stre ''The Ficus elastica in Burma proper or a narrative of my journey in search of it : a descriptive account of its habits of growth and the process followed by the Kakhyens in the preparation of caoutchouc''] by G. W. Strettell 1876. Archive.org [Natural rubber, or India rubber]
*''Burma Past and Present, with Personal Reminiscences of the Country'' by Lieut-General Albert Fytche, late Chief Commissioner of British Burma 1878. [https://archive.org/details/burmapastandpre01fytcgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/burmapastpresen02fytc Volume II]. Archive.org. Includes details of his career in India and (mainly) Burma 1839-1871.
*[https://archive.org/details/landofwhiteeleph00vinc ''The Land of the White Elephant: Sights and Scenes in South-Eastern Asia : A personal narrative of travel and adventure in Farther India, embracing the countries of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin-China. (1871-2)''] by Frank Vincent Jun. 1874 With numerous illustrations. Archive.org. Also available at [http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:006/ Cornell University Library - Southeast Asia Visions] in an 1873 edition.
*[https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012884603 ''Our trip to Burmah. With notes on that country''] by Surgeon-General Charles Alexander Gordon, Army Medical Department, Principal Medical Officer, British Forces, Madras Presidency. 1877 Archive.org. A trip December 1874-February 1875.
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftrave00bradrich ''A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam and the Malay Peninsula''] by John Bradley 1876. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924075148001 ''A Thousand miles up the Irrawaddy : Burmah Proper''] by An Officer 1879 Archive.org. Final pages missing. A journey August- October 1878.
*''Sport in British Burmah, Assam and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills : with notes of sport in the hilly districts of the Northern Division, Madras Presidency ...'' by Lieut.-Colonel Pollok, Madras Staff Corps. (Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok) 1879. [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb01pollgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb00pollgoog Volume II] Archive.org
:[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:354/#page/8/mode/2up ''Fifty years' reminiscences of India : a retrospect of travel, adventure and shikar''] by Colonel Pollock, Madras Staff Corps 1896. Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University. [https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsremini00poll Archive.org version] In 1853 the author was appointed to the Madras Sappers and Miners in Burma.
*''The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon'' by Hume and Marshall 1879. With coloured plates. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia01hume Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia02hume Volume II]. [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia03hume Volume III].
*''The British Burma Gazetteer'': [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035010 Volume I] 1880 British Library Digital Collection. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/105579 Volume I] 1880 Pdf download, Digital Library of India [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105579 Archive.org version]; [http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea ''Volume II''] A-Z 1879 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b2475741x ''The Practice of Medicine Among the Burmese''] by Keith Norman MacDonald, late Civil Surgeon of Prome. 1879. Archive.org
