SUMMARY:
Page lists botanical subjects and frames for black-and-white, Dufaycolour, and Kodachrome rolls, with dates in late June to early July. Notes include Primula, Meconopsis, Saxifraga and others, with locations such as P'tang, near Tolegang, and Burkhel (including a lake and telephoto views), plus a yakherd's hut.

CONTENT:
B. W. 9.

1. Primula umbratilis on cliff. 27/6.
2. Saxifraga with stolons 19270 2/7
3. Primula umbratilis. "
4. Meconopsis sinuata var. alpicola var. luna P'tang "
5. Meconopsis paniculata in mist. 3/7
6. Primula umbratilis pale 19332 & Saxifraga 19306 3/7
7. Primula waddellii. 19330 3/7
8. Androsace 19366 6/7
9. Potentilla curviseta? 19344 7/7
10. Primula jonardunii. 19378 "
11. Meconopsis simplicifolia lake. "
12. Primula hopeana by stream.

Dufaycolour 16.

1. Saxifraga with stolons 19270 2/7
2. Primula umbratilis. "
3. Meconopsis sinuata var. alpicola P'tang. "
   Slide No.
   (2) 4. Primula umbratilis pale 19332 & Saxifraga 19306 3/7
   (3) 5. Primula waddellii 19330 3/7
   (4) 6. Primula " " 3/7
   (5) 7. Androsace 19366 6/7
   (6) 8. Potentilla curviseta? 19344 7/7

Kodachrome 17
Salvia. 19125 28/6
Meconopsis paniculata & waterfall 1/7.
Rosa 19082 2/7
Saxifraga with stolons 19270 2/7
Meconopsis sinuata & Primula alpicola 2/7
close up.

Kodachrome 18
Primula hopeana near Tolegang 3/7
Primula umbratilis light form 19332 3/7
" " & Saxifraga 19306. 3/7
Androsace 19366 6/7
Yakherds hut surrounded by Primulas
Sikkim hopeana. Close up. Asters.
Pedicularis. 6/7.

Kodachrome 19
Potentilla curviseta 19344 7/7
Burkhel. Tele. "
Lake below Burkhel: "
Primula umbratilis against sun on cliff "
Primula jonardunii. 19378. "
Meconopsis simplicifolia & lake behind. "

SUMMARY:
The diarist hurried to a ridge for clear morning views of the Himalayas and Chomolhari before clouds closed in. A long-delayed mail finally arrived from Sarbhang via Nabji and Chendebi, and later Tsouypen found a Rhododendron (Rhod. glaucum 3095) nearby, possibly new to Bhutan; the surroundings near Phobsikha are described with yaks and dry, open slopes.

CONTENT:
indeed, did everything. I nearly bust myself running up to the ridge with my camera to catch the Himalayas before they were covered in clouds. Chomolhari was again clear till about 6:00 am, but it was much clearer away to the East, I could see snow peaks for miles, really a grand sight. But the clouds came up awfully quickly. On the way up to the ridge I met two men with a mail at last. It had taken since the 7th to reach us from Sarbhang, all the delay being between Nabji and Chendebi. It was naturally a small mail, and only had 6 or 8 letters and 5 'Statesman'. But it was very nice to get news from home and from Kashmir, though no letter from Ludlow. We took a long route through the jungle down here, but saw nothing new at all, until nearly here, when Tsouypen found one bush of a pretty little Rhododendron, which I make to be Rhod. glaucum 3095, mentioned as coming from Sikkim, so perhaps it is new to Bhutan. This place is rather pretty, it is situated on the same ridge as the one we came up onto from Phobsikha, but much further down. There are some yaks here, and a lot of the hillside is open grassy slopes. There is a little cultivation too, but the hillside is still very dry.

24th May in Phobsikha. 3 miles. B.P. Temp. Time

SUMMARY:
Record of wages and advances paid to several individuals, with entries noting money orders and settlement dates in 1934. Mentions an advance by Tobgye and identifies Danong as Lepcha, son of Ribu. Location given as the Cinchona Plantation at Mungpoo in the Darjeeling District.

CONTENT: PAY etc.

Ahmad Sheikh. Paid Rs. 150/- from April 1st on May 6th. 235 on 1.12.34. = Paid to 31.12.34.
Gulla. Pay Rs. 90/- = May, June, July. 210 on = Paid to 30.12.34.
Danong. X Paid Rs. 50/- on May 23 by M.O. Rs. 10 Tsuna. 13.8. Rs. 50 28.9. Rs. 150/- 14.11.34
Pintso. X Paid Rs. 50/- Advance by Tobgye 9.6.34. Paid Rs. 250/- 14.11.34
Kurtip. X Paid Rs. 20 on 20.9. in Dib La (+ Rs. 5.1.10.) + Rs. 75/- Paid in full. 5.11.34.

Danong Lepcha son of Ribu. other Lepcha.
Cinchona Plantation.
Mungpoo. Darjeeling District.

SUMMARY:
On 21 August the diarist left Paro in heavy rain, reached Gorena, met repeatedly with Tasho, the Tongsa Zimpon, other Zimpons, and a Lama Delegate, dealt with a bath mix-up, and recovered delayed mail, sending Betty’s letters by express to Kalimpong before her trip to Calcutta. They noted no specimens of Paeonia suffruticosa from Gorena down, suspecting loss to fires or cultivation at Gorena Monastery. On 22 August at Pyimitangka, Tasho joined an early breakfast that proved poor due to a new cook, with weather still wet and misty.

CONTENT:
21 August. Paro. A dreadful day of rain again. We left in heavy rain at 6.0; it continued heavy till 12.0 when we reached Gorena. At 1.0 we got in, to be met by Tasho. Last night after I had been in bed for over 2 hours, the Tongsa Zimpon was announced. We had a cheerful talk for an hour before he left. I thought that politeness itself on both our parts, and said goodbye to him. But just as I was ready, at 5.15 next morning, to start off, the 2 Zimpons and Lama Delegate rolled up, and again we talked for an hour. In Paro, I stayed in the same place, and this time was again offered a bath. I said, knowing the house before, that I would not have one, and sat down to tea. Half an hour later the Ha Zimpon said, "I'll leave you now to have your bath." Water had been in all the time. Nothing else exciting happened until it was dark, when the mails which had been lost came in. Tasho said he was sending an 'express man' to Kalimpong who would be there in 4 days. So I hurriedly packed up Betty's letters and sent them off. She will get them before going to Calcutta. It was all an awful rush in Paro. I had ample time there, but I was not left alone for more than 10 minutes till Tasho left at 7.45 pm. Otherwise I could have gone through Betty's letters to see if anything needed an answer or not. Got nothing special on the way, and could see no sign of Paeonia suffruticosa which B.S. asked for from Gorena down. Either it has gone due to fires, or it was grown at Gorena Monastery—cultivated—or something like that.

22nd August. Pyimitangka. Again wet and misty, but not so bad. Tasho came to breakfast at 5.15, and her new cook did not excel. He produced an omelette each in a plate each and a spoon each. Nothing else at all. Gradually salt and other things materialised. No milk or sugar. Rather a failure. We left just...

SUMMARY:
Diary notes from Pangotang describe ongoing rains, plans to visit Marlung before turning back, and requests regarding taking Yundru and Ngudup to Kalimpong, with preference for Yundru. The writer develops Hicks’ photos, comments on Thompson’s image of P. eburnea, sends Dorji with airmail to Hicks and HH, and packs a ‘tsang’ of rooted plants for shipment to London, hoping to add more from Marlung and Ritang.

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Air mail plants
more specimens and also some roots. I have now so many roots to send home by air, that I wonder how many loads there will be, also how much it will all cost!

24th Sept. Pangotang. Fine morning, and a bit of rain after midday. There really is precious little sign of the end of the rains, although I keep on hoping there is. We are, in a way, on our way back home now. But still there is one place, Marlung, to visit, before we can say we have turned round and started back. But everyone obviously feels that things are winding up. I had a request today from Pasang, from Ngudup and Yundru that I should take both to Kalimpong. I don't mind taking Yundru, who is a good and cheery lad and a good worker, but I hope I won't have to take Ngudup one day beyond Bumthang. I do not like him, and except to arrange transport, he is useless. I am writing to HH tomorrow to ask for Changchuk, and to give him our final dates. Today I developed Hicks' photos. If only he had taken my advice at first, all his photos would have been like these which are good. But he would not, and considered he knew better. Thompson's photo of P. eburnea is quite good, much better than Hicks' first efforts. It is a real disappointment to me that in 6 months he has only taken 48 photos altogether, in spite of having lots of film packs available. There were so many photos he could have taken.

25th September. Sent off Dorji and with airmail to Hicks, HH and Kalimpong and paid him Rs 24/-. We then packed up a 'tsang' with rooted plants, each rooted plant in its own little basket inside the big one. The whole thing now is ready to go to London, except that I hope there will be a few more plants added from Marlung, and then more again at Ritang.
roots

SUMMARY:
After an exceptionally heavy night of rain, the party crossed Pang La and collected 15 bird skins, including four adult and one young Heteroxenicus stellatus and a female blood pheasant, while finding few flowers due to lack of permanent snow. They were misinformed about the distance to camp and then made a steep descent through jungle to a long-neglected bridge that was recently strengthened, of the usual cantilever type found in Bhutan, Turkestan, and Kashmir.

CONTENT:
to be quite useless. The evening before, we had the heaviest rain we've ever had and it persisted all night. Camp was on a ridge otherwise we should have been washed away. As it was it was a perfectly filthy place by the time we left. In spite of things being rather unpleasant over the pass, we had a good day and collected the best birds we've had so far. We got four adult Heteroxenicus stellatus (2 males, 2 females) and a young bird. There are probably only three or four of these in existence, and they might be worth £20 a skin. Saw a number of blood pheasant too. I only took one female, as they are not yet in full plumage. Altogether we collected 15 skins. Flowers were very disappointing for such a high place. There were practically none. I suppose it is because

Pang La

there is no permanent snow there. The pass is the top of the range. It continues to be impossible to get news of the day's march in advance. We were told, on repeatedly asking, that the distance from the la to camp — a maidan! — would be one or perhaps two miles. It was nearly six. Today's was very short indeed, almost perpendicularly down through dense jungle to the bridge and then easy up. The bridge last had any repairs 30–40 years ago. They have very cunningly and simply strengthened it for our benefit now. It is the usual type of cantilever bridge found all over Bhutan — in Turkestan and Kashmir.

CONTENT:
18

B.G. cards
wedding
scenes at
White Hall
Gangtok:
taken by
Richards

One photo. at any rate was spoilt by the bride suddenly finding two leeches crawling up her frock just as I was about to press the button. They had come out of her bouquet of roses. In the afternoon there was a garden party to all the Sikkimese officials & other guests. I had hoped to leave for Karponang that evening & sent off my kit & bedding in the afternoon. But the Maharajas didn't leave till 6.30 pm, so I stayed the night. Left at 5.0 am riding a good pony & reached Karponang at 7.30. Picked up my kit there & came straight on here. At Tsomgo it started to rain. All went well till we reached the last mile at 3.0 pm, when we found that the whole of the steep hillside had avalanched, leaving no road possible without some men to help. So we manhandled our kit to the top of the pass, sent the mules back & Ahmad Sheikh came on here for a couple of mules to bring it down. It was then dark & raining pretty hard, so we did well to reach here by 11.0 pm. Here I met two Americans, Mrs Wheeler & Mrs Prince - awful women I eventually thought. They have had awful trouble with their transport, & to add to that were caught in the thick of the avalanches two days ago.

B.G. Part underexposed - camera
not too steady. - B.G.

TIBET
P.G. extra photos
W. Bhutan

24th May. CHUMBATHANG. Had to spend the day here as the mules only arrived over the pass at 2.30 pm. It rained most of the day, & all I did was to shoot a few birds.

25th May. CHARITHANG. 10 miles. Left at 5.0 am, arrived about 1.0 pm. Cloudy & misty at first clearing up later. Rain

SUMMARY:
Tsering and Yundra left with two coolies after HH arranged provisions and permits, with a plan to meet again at Ribang. On 11 Oct a halt day included visits from Tasho and HH, who brought presents and ice from the Thunlarharchung to keep a blood sample cool for transport to Kalimpong. On 12 Oct, during rainy weather, the party hosted Tasho, Kapo, Phup Gyeltsen, and Nyercheu Tropa and spent time firing .22 ammunition.

CONTENT:
more at all, doubled up with rheumatoid arthritis, but who now has no pain. We have in between times packed up organized pretty well, are ready to move off at any time. Tsering and Yundra left on 9 morning with 2 coolies, and were all quite happy. HH made all arrangements for them - food then rations, a permit and all they could want for their little trip. We next see them on 17 at Ribang.

11th Oct. Halt. Tasho came at 9.0 am and left at 5.0. HH came at 1.0. So we have not had much of the day to ourselves. HH brought presents to us, and also brought a good deal of snow. This was for us to keep a blood sample of his cool on the way to Kalimpong. It leaves today, and will get to K'pong in 8 days! The ice came all the way from the Thunlarharchung, and the men who brought it were somewhat told off for taking 3 days on their way there and back. It is about 100 miles.

12th Oct Halt. Our last day here. Rain at night and in the morning. All day still clouded and rainy. Today we had Tasho, Kapo, Phup Gyeltsen, and Nyercheu Tropa to 'lunch' at 9.0 and they stayed till 3.0 pm. We filled in some of that time by firing off 150 rds of .22 ammo.

SUMMARY:
Notes from Natrampa dated April 29 list Rhododendron taxa with associated regional distributions and numbers. Several entries note possible new species (sp. nov.) alongside areas such as Yunn., S.E.T., Burm.-Tib. frontier, Assam, Sik., Bhut., Tibet, and India N.E. Frontier.

CONTENT:
Natrampa
April 29.

Rhododendrons
Yunn. S.E.T., Burm.-Tib. frontier - neriiflorum 1352
Assam. Tib. Burm.-Tib. frontier triflorum 1353
Sik. Bhut. 8582b cinnabarinum var.
Var. no. purpurellum 1354
Sik. Bhut. 8581b. glaucophyllum 1355
Sik. Bhut. 8582b cephalanthum 1356
Yunn. S.E.T. Burm. Ass. 8580. fulvum 1357
Yunn. S.E. Tibet. India N.E. Frontier. arizelum 1358
sp. nov. - populare 1359
sp. nov. dekatanum 1360
Yunn. Tib. Ass. Burm. megeratum 1361
Sik. Tib. pumilum? 1362
S.E.T. Bhut. tsariense 1364
sp. no. amandum 1365
Sik. Bhut. virgatum 1366

196.1 65. 8490
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8490
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