SUMMARY:
Travel from above Natrampa to Karubra and then near Kashongla with generally cloudy, wet weather and some snow higher up. Seeds of several plants were collected, and the party met a Sikkim lama from near Trashi Trongmo who spoke some Nepali. Distances and times between camps are noted.

CONTENT:
7th October. Camp above Natrampa. 6 miles. 11500'. Cloudy all day, with a little fine drizzle. The clouds come rushing up the valley from Lung, and gradually fade away, but it is still generally wet. Found some seed of Gent. Waltoni ripe, the little yellow sedum, and the yellow Dracocephalum: also the Thalictrum collected at Zumsati. Coolies very happy but exceptionally slow. Left camp at 6.30, reached here at 12.0 noon.

8th October. Karubra. Another very short day, in at 11.00. We could see that beyond the Duchung La it was absolutely clear all morning. Here the sun shone most of the day, but it also rained nearly all afternoon. Monsoon clouds come up to the main range, and just fade away. Got seeds of the blue Dracocephalum and P. pulchelloides, an aquilegia and the big scrophularia, and a few of the small androsace. The big one is not yet ripe. Here we met a Sikkim lama, who had forgotten all his Lepcha but could talk a little Nepali. He comes from near Trashi Trongmo, where he has been for 14 years: a nice man.

9th October. Camp 2 m W of Kashongla. 14000'. A most disappointing day. It rained all night, and snow was down to 500' above Karubra.

SUMMARY:
Arrival by the 14th with rain and hail, then days at Dewangiri spent unpacking, sorting stores, bird collecting, and using the wireless. Lumsden began treating local people, and Tobgye visited bringing mail with the Trashigang Jongpen.

CONTENT:
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there, and stayed an hour or two with them. Then up here at
about 2.30 pm on 14th - with no troubles since we left
Kashmir. It was fine to here, but we had some rain
and hail in the evening.

15th Feb. Dewangiri. Spent the day unpacking and sorting
stores. Rain and hail in afternoon. Tried the wireless in
the evening, but for little result.

16th Feb. Halt. There are no flowers out here at all, and
from my point of view, it is a poor place. But we want
some birds and collected 20 today. Lumsden is quite happy
I think and has started treating people already, though
few have come in. One man had an awful abscess
on his foot, but after one dressing went off down to the
Mela. The wireless was much better and after 8.0 pm
was really good, but there are storms all round which
spoil any music coming through.

17th Halt. Tobgye came up today. It is very nice to
see him again, just his usual cheery self. He brought
up some mail, and came with the Trashigang Jongpen.