Part 61 - Bung to Shö route notes and plant observations, 4–7 August

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SUMMARY:
Notes on identifying gentians from Kashong-la and Chagu-la, persistent rain, wireless reception with Olympic Games results, and packing specimens. Describes marches on 6–7 August from Bung to Shö along the left bank with transport details, elevations, and plant observations, including Codonopsis and Dracocephalum.

CONTENT:
cannot find the very similar yellow one. The big gentian from the Kashong-la must be G. phyllocalyx. The big one on the Chagu-la G. waltonii. It rains every day here, off & on, & last night - today is 4th - it rained without ceasing from 3 pm right through the night till 5.0 am. We have got the wireless up & get fairly good reception in the early morning news at 6.15 am. Have heard a certain amount of the Olympic Games results. I have packed up to leave here, four store boxes full of flowers, & another divided between flowers & birds.

6th Aug. Bung. 12 m. 12000'. Left at 7.15 am with 23 pony loads, or rather mostly dzo loads. At m 4 changed transport. Route on L bank the whole way & pretty easy, keeping after m 4 about 400 ft above the river. Bung is a large cultivated fan. Saw much Codonopsis vinciflora, the blue Dracoceph. & a white one with blue tube. Otherwise little to be seen. Fine all day, except for one shower.

7th August. Shö. 12900'. 4 m. Clouded all day, after a rainy night. Fine till the afternoon. Route keeps well above the L bank all the way along a good path. A large chorten is passed.