Diary (circa 70 leaves) describing the progress of the expedition, including medical notes on sleeping sickness. Lutete [or Gombe-Lutete] is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Baptist mission station of Wathen was located at Lutete.

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Christy's degrees for M.B. and C.M. from the University of Edinburgh.

170 x 119 mm. A view showing a large group of Africans and a European woman standing outside a brick-built mission church. Location unknown. Roman numerals above the door state that the building was constructed in 1891. Photograph possibly by Cuthbert Christy when he was serving with the West African Field Force.

122 x 171 mm. Showing a group standing outside a brick-built mission church. Location unknown. Photograph possibly by Cuthbert Christy when he was serving with the West African Field Force.

78 x 99 mm. A view showing Cocoa, palm-oil trees, hevea and Funtumia elastica growing in a mixed plantation.

297 x 87 mm. A panoramic view looking along a narrow mountain path with steep mountains in the distance at the left of the print. Photograph presumably by Christy.

211 x 151 mm. A view showing Christy and an unidentified woman standing in the driveway in front of Christy's bungalow. Christy was acting Civil-surgeon in Ahmadnagar, 125 miles east of Bombay, for the year 1901. Photographer unknown.

77 x 99 mm. A view showing Christy's tent erected among a plantation of nine-year-old Funtumias.

101 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of young trees and illustrating the method of shading the plants.

100 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of young trees and illustrating the method of shading the plants. Photograph probably by Christy.

100 x 76 mm. A view showing a plot of recently pruned four-year-old rubber trees on a communal plantation.

75 x 95 mm. A view showing Funtumias growing in a communal plantation.

78 x 100 mm. A view showing an African tapping a wild Funtumia tree with the aid of climbing slings and a gouge.

78 x 100 mm. A view showing an African tapping a wild Funtumia tree with the aid of climbing slings and a gouge.

78 x 103 mm. A view showing an African tapping a wild Funtumia tree with the aid of climbing slings and a gouge. Photograph probably by Christy.

148 x 105 mm. View showing an emaciated African lying on the ground at the point of death from sleeping sickness.

95 x 74 mm. A view showing the bird's nest built in a tree over a rock pool. In the foreground an African is poking at the nest with a stick. The location is possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan.

94 x 74 mm. A view showing the bird's nest built in a tree over a rock pool. In the foreground an African is poking at the nest with a stick. Photograph probably by Christy. The location is possibly Bahr al Ghazal in Sudan.

This diary (circa 80 pages) was kept by Christy during a tour of Nigeria and Benin to survey rubber trees growing in the wild and cultivated in plantations.

The diary (circa 75 pages) records Christy's service as senior medical officer of the Second Battalion West African Field Force in northern Nigeria.

The diary (circa 75 pages) records Christy's service as senior medical officer of the Second Battalion, West African Field Force in northern Nigeria. It includes accounts of campaigns.

Diaries and medical notes written by Christy during his service in Nigeria.

Thirteen leaves describing the collection of fish and the skinning of animals.

A notebook containing circa 30 leaves of zoological notes on elephants compiled from secondary sources.