Hugo Schuchardt Archiv

London
64, St. George’s Square,
28/6/83 S. W.

Dear Sir/

Your letter of June 9: If you require Goldie, Efik Dictionary,¹ write to Friederich Muller,² and bow his copy: he has the book; if this does not succeed – write to Dr R Rost – India Office: Westminster³ – he promises to lend you his copy

Write a letter in English to Archdeacon Dandeson Crowther,⁴ son of the Bishop, who is now in England – his address is Church Mission Home |2| Salisbury Square London: he will reply – the dd⁵ Bishop has no time.

Kohler, book on Bonny Sprache (Gottingen) is not worth having. I have a copy I have small Primers or Vocabularies of

Idzo } all on

Ibo } the

Igaza } Lower

Igbira } Niger

I could lend them to you if you will wait till my Book is out – it will be published in September, and will tell |3| you a great deal

Nothing has been published about the Calabar Languages except Goldie’s Books⁶ – I know nothing about the Neger gehein Sprachen,⁷ to which you allude, nor have I seen Dr Bartrams⁸ article on that subject.

The Bishops of Calcutta and Bombay would not reply to letters on such subjects – they are too busy

Yours faithfully
Robert Cust
T.O.⁹

Of course you have Koelles Polyglotta africána¹⁰