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- 1933-08-18 (Creation)
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Entries describe heavy rain, leeches at 10,000 ft, and travel to Tobrang followed by a steep ascent to East Pangola camp at 11,500 ft. The party caught Bhutan Glory butterflies, received mail from Bumthang with photos to Paro, and noted poor camping space and dense jungle.
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at 10000 ft. we are back in the leech zone, as I found on taking my stockings off - four leeches hard at it. Rained hard all afternoon - air damp, everything damp or rather beastly.
12th August. TOBRANG. To 7700 6 miles. Rain nearly all day, but cleared up for an hour when we reached Tobrang. and we were lucky in catching about ten Bhutan Glory butterflies. Unexpected mail in from Bumthang, with it our photos. up to Paro. Coolies were complete today, and got in in good time.
13th August. CAMP. East Pangola 11500 6 miles. Route leaves Tobrang and ascends very steeply direct up the hillside away from the river. For the first three miles, it is very steep over grass through a broad clearing in the forest. From mile 3-4 1/2 path is muddy and bad and very steep through dense jungle. At mile 4 1/2 a level ridge is reached and followed for a few hundred yards: then path, again fairly steep, continues through dense jungle to camp. There are no inhabitants or houses, and very little camping space. Water good. Walking up in the sunshine to the forest was very hot work. Later we got into the mist and shade of the trees. Shortly after 11.0 rain came on and kept on for the rest of the day. Not much of a camp. and nothing to be seen, partly because of dense jungle and partly
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