Part 155 - Halt at Shingbe: rain, mail from Tiyangpi, and collecting activities

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SUMMARY:
The party halted at Shingbe in heavy rain, arranged outgoing mail via two men from Tiyangpi, and spent the morning collecting birds and noting flowering plants. Ludlow and the diarist obtained several birds including a young Heteroxenicus stellatus, while Dancong located Meconopsis sinuata and marked other plants; a family of Tibetans was also present. A short list of target plants with collection numbers is noted.

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I want to collect. If our flower list had been out while I was at home, I should have been able to remember all the ones wanted, as I could have seen the dried specimens. There is rather a nice family of Tibetans here just now — a married couple & five children. When the woman was asked how many children she had, she replied "Five, quickly, one after the other."

25th August. Halt at Shingbe. Rained nearly all day. Two men up from Tiyangpi, so packed up the mail for one of them to take down tomorrow. Ludlow & I went out in the morning & got quite an interesting lot of birds, including one Heteroxenicus stellatus young bird. In the evening we could get nothing though. Dancong found one or two Meconopsis sinuata (886) in flower & bagged or marked various other flowers for collecting later on. Last year our stay here was the finest part of our trip from the weather point of view. This year it seems to be going to be nearly the wettest. It is a pity as it is a beautiful place, & a good collecting ground. Our next incoming mail should have been here about ten

Delph. bhutanicum afflatum 887.
Cremanthodium 888.
Prim. crispata 889.
Pedicularis excelsa 890.
Gentiana clivorum 891.
Mec. sinuata 886.