Part 36 - Halt at Molo and route notes up the Langong Chu

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SUMMARY:
The party halts at Molo awaiting coolies and notes conditions on Loda, sowing vegetable seeds with hopes of benefiting on their autumn return (see Sherriff April 19). Detailed route notes describe the Lilung/Langong Chu towards the Tsangpo, bridges, bearings, mileages, a poor camp at mile 8, and a note on Rhododendron dasycladum.

CONTENT:
Halted Molo waiting for coolies & conditions on Loda

Ludlow 39. We are sowing some vegetable seeds here in the hope that we may reap the benefit when we return in the autumn - see Sherriff April 19.

From Molo, the Lilung Chu flows towards the Tsangpo at a bearing of approx 40° Mag.

Molo up the Langong Chu. From Bharang Suika the path goes down the left bank to opposite Molo only ½ mile distant. The Lilung Chu (Langong Chu) is crossed by a good cantilever bridge 40 ft long. Molo has a lot of cultivation. From here the path goes up the right bank for 500 yards then crosses to the left bank by a cantilever bridge 100 ft long. Follow up the left bank at a bearing of 337° M to mile 6, where the river bends a little, coming in from about 145° M. Path keeps up stream on the left bank to mile 7½ where a big stream comes in from the East. The main Langong Chu then comes from due South. Camp very poor at mile 8.

3631. Rhododendron dasycladum, with no spots.