Part 149 - Chosam to Senguthi and onward to Yarap

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SUMMARY:
Diary notes describe travel from Chosam to Senguthi with observations on terrain and vegetation, including early-season flowers. Medical events include Danang receiving a third dose of treatment and Lumsden extracting Pintso’s wisdom tooth, which caused a difficult night. The party halted on the 17th and then proceeded to Yarap on the 18th.

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Chosam to Senguthi
16th May. Senguthi. 4 miles. B.P. 188.4 Temp. 48° Time 4.30 pm.
Ht. 13198'. Path keeps up the left bank, almost level.
Pass Chosam, which has 20 houses, at mile 1, where there is a bridge over the Tsari Chu. Keep level to mile 3 where the path drops to the big open plain of Senguti. Here the valley is quite open, some hundreds of yards across of flat rather boggy ground. The hills both sides are covered with trees, on the south face chiefly juniper & rhododendron, on the north face abies & rhododendron.
There are signs of a good many flowers coming, but not much up, only a fine Adonis 1600 (Adonis brevistyla v. sutchuenensis 1600), & a little Gentian 1603 (Gentian bryoides 1603). Meconopsis will be in flower in a fortnight or so. Danang had his 3rd dose, & Lumsden pulled out one of Pintso's teeth, a wisdom tooth, & an overdose of the local anaesthetic gave him a very bad night today. I hope he recovers soon.

17th May. Halt. Went up nala to the NW of camp, but saw nothing out, but a solitary rhododendron here & there. Fine with a short shower.

18th May. Yarap. 10 m. B.P. 190.1 Temp. 60° Time 3.0 pm. Ht. 12550'.