Part 99 - Bimbi La halt and march to Chikchar and Camp Totsoen

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SUMMARY:
Collector notes eating wild fruits and finding mec. seed; Kashmiris sent to collect encountered bears. Halt at Bimbi La with androsace collected, then a rainy march to Chikchar amid disputes with local transport from Migyitun and a troublesome Chikchar headman, before moving on to Camp Totsoen in mist. Dawong assisted due to someone’s sickness, and Puntso managed to bring the Migyitun people up.

CONTENT:
sickness, so it was left to Dawong to help me. I hope he recovers
quickly. The other evening I went up opposite camp to look at
the cliffs, and found some mec. seed, and a lot of raspberries and currants,
and we have been eating them ever since. I sent up all Kashmiris
to collect next day, and they came across two bears, which rather
spoilt the collection.

Bimbi La
14th Sept. Halt. Beautifully fine in the morning, after a good
deal of rain at night. Got a last lot of androsace. ? A. geraniifolia

To
15th Sept. Chikchar 10 m. A foul day. Heavy rain nearly all day after 9 am.
Puntso got the Migyitun people up with some difficulty, and after a long
wait and much argument we got off at 8.0 am. The Chikchar
people are still here, but go off in a couple of days, so we cannot
wait here at all. They are the worst lot we have come across, or
rather their headman is. He thinks he is of some importance, but
of course he is of none and has never travelled anywhere, so gives
more trouble than all the others. A few G. detonsa are ripe
here at camp. I have now been here four times, and have been
very lucky, as this is the only wet visit I have had.

To
16th September. Camp Totsoen. 5 miles. It just kept fine up till about
11.0, then misted all day. We did not move till 9.0 am, as the