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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0lMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains''] by [A.H. Irby]. 1863 Google Books. Kashmir and adjacent countries, principally Ladak.
*[https://archive.org/details/diaryofpedestria00knigrich ''Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet''] by Captain Knight, Forty-Eighth Regiment 1863 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/wanderingsofnatu00adam/page/n7/mode/2up ''Wanderings of a Naturalist in India : the Western Himalayas, and Cashmere''] by Andrew Leith Adams, Surgeon 22nd Regiment. 1867. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/medicalmissionsa00elms/page/n5 ''Medical Missions : as illustrated by some letters and notices of the late Dr. Elmslie.''] Printed for the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society 1874. Archive.org. Dr. Elmslie (William Jackson) arrived in Srinagar in 1865 to work for the Kashmir Medical Mission, and died in 1871.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0009787946?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Sikkim. With hints on mountain and jungle warfare. Exhibiting also the facilities for opening commercial relations through the state of Sikhim with Central Asia, Thibet, and western China''] by Colonel J. C. Gawler 1873 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available as a pdf download [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1873-sikhim-with-hints-on-mountain-and-jungle-warfare-by-gawler-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset].
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005A720#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=6&z=-569.625%2C0%2C2777.25%2C2737 ''Routes in Jammu and Kashmir arranged topographically with description of routes; distances by stages; and information as to supplies and transport''] by Major-General Le Marquis De Bourbel, R E Retired, late Chief Engineer of the Jammu and Kashmir State 1897. British Library Digital file. Pages may be rotated if required. There is an alternative version available on [https://archive.org/details/routesinjammukas00deborich Archive.org], but note it is difficult to read, as most of the pages are printed "sideways". For readers in some areas such as North America, the [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008299734 Hathi Trust Digital Library version] has a page rotation facility.
*[https://archive.org/details/sportinhighlands00darrrich ''Sport in the Highlands of Kashmir. Being a narrative of an eight months' trip in Baltistan and Ladak, and a lady's experiences in the latter country; together with hints for the guidance of sportsmen''] by Henry Zouch Darrah, Indian Civil Service 1898 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5334/page/n3/mode/2up ''A Trip to Kashmir''] by James Arbuthnot 1900. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library, Government of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/innermostasiatra00cobbiala ''Innermost Asia : travel & sport in the Pamirs''] by Ralph P Cobbold (late 60th Rifles) 1900 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/irenepetriemissi00unse/page/n7 ''Irene Petrie, Missionary to Kashmir''] by Mrs Ashley Carus-Wilson 1901 Archive.org. Irene Petrie, 1864-1897, was with the Church Missionary Society.
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