Part 170 - Camp notes: Trachycarpus flowering with weather and altitude readings

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GB 235 LSH/1/1/2/1/170

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Camp notes: Trachycarpus flowering with weather and altitude readings

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  • 1933-08-30 (Creation)

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(1898-1967)

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Notes a pleasant camp with fewer insects, Trachycarpus palms in flower, and a clear river after heavy rain. Records temperatures, barometric readings, and elevation in scrub jungle. Mentions hot, damp conditions and a wish to move to higher altitude.

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Ludlow p. 113 - A pleasant camp. Not so many flies and Tabanids, no leeches. The Trachycarpus palms flowering in long yellow & pea-green racemes. What a wonderful trout stream the Trachycarpus palms would make hereabouts. The river remains clear after the heaviest rain.

B.P. 20.8 Temp 67 Mean 71 = 1.08
5394
431.52
5825.52

5500 ft.
Scrub jungle

B.P. 19.8-0 Temp 75° Mean 71°
7451
596.08
8047.08

1.08

Ludlow p. 115. Very hot & damp. I don't like this steaming heat & shall be glad to get up to a higher altitude.

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