Part 226 - Ascent to Lo La and opposition near Packakshiri

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SUMMARY:
Notes Babax waddelli singing and common at Chamu, mentions Ludlow at Loba in Packakshiri, and lists botanical items (Cremanthodium and Rhododendron with numbers). Describes the gradual ascent to Lo La through silver fir forest and reports coolies finding three arrows on the road, taken as a warning of opposition from the Packakshiri people.

CONTENT:
Babax waddelli common Chamu, singing quite prettily.

Ludlow at Loba Packakshiri
Cremanthodium 1892
Rhod. campylocarpum 1893
L. p. 138-9 Ascent to Lo La gradual slope. 2/200 " cinnabarinum 1894
the road does not leave silver fir forest until " ludlowii 1895
within a mile of the summit. " mekongense 1896

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apparently the coolies are alarmed: they
expect opposition from the Packakshiri people.
They found 3 arrows stuck in the ground
on the road. This is supposed to indicate
opposition to our entering into their country.