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- 1936-02-09 (Creation)
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The diarist notes continuous rain since arrival, a hail thunderstorm on the night of the 21st followed by a clear day with greylag geese flying north over Chungkar. On the 22nd they march to SATSALOR (2700'), with coolies departing early, observe birds including partridges, and remark on Lumsden’s early rising and lengthy shaving routine; Tongue is asked to dissuade a time-consuming visitor.
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got Tongue to put him off that. He is very nice, & a jovial man, but takes up too much of our time. I am very glad we came when we did. Since we arrived here, it has rained every day. The road must be in an awful mess now.
21st Feb. Heavy hail thunderstorm last night again, but a perfect cloudless day today. Others than us realized the weather had changed, as this morning at 6.15 we saw a number of geese (grey lag) passing over us & heading due North over Chungkar.
22nd Feb. SATSALOR. 2700' Another good day up to 1.0 pm when it clouded over. Our army of coolies left by 7.30 am - not bad for the first march. We came along slowly, getting here by 1.0 pm. There are still no flowers to be seen, but we got some good birds, including a pair of partridge which do not seem to agree quite with authorities in the book. Lumsden is getting very good at early rising already. If it wasn't that he took about half an hour over shaving, he would be ready as soon as us.
