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- 1938-07-01 (Creation)
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The diarist attempts to get Test match scores by wireless without success, then travels 8 miles to LILUNG noting entry into a dry zone, changing flowers, and observations of woodpeckers and a jay. The next day they go 9 miles to SIMBITANKA in fine weather, remarking on the marked change in the Tsangpo valley over a short distance.
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not at all bad, the hillsides look as if they showed how something, but near the valley had been done how much. For the last three evenings I have had the wireless up, trying to get the Test match scores, but it is very bad just now, I could not get the final result. I wish it would function well just now, as it would be nice to hear all the sport news from home.
30th June. LILUNG. 8 miles. A fine & bright day, with a few very heavy very short showers. The country changes completely today, we are obviously in the dry zone again. It is nice to be in it too, to feel so dry, even if it does rain a little. Flowers changed rapidly, now found quite a lot on the way here. There is a lily on the hillside, but not yet in flower. We only saw a very few. Birds have also changed. I saw 3 or 4 of the big black woodpecker in the pine forest, & fired three times at one (2-6's & 1 brush) with no effect at all. Later on for a green woodpecker & a jay, none of the nuthatches I saw when at Tholo before.
1st July. SIMBITANKA. 9 miles. A lovely fine day with bright sun all day. Clouds over the hills N & S, but the valley is clear. There was not much of interest today, but it is interesting to see the great change in the Tsangpo valley in such a short distance. Here the con
