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SUMMARY:
Itemized expenses and payments for travel, wages, tips, and supplies, including lorry to Srinagar, bungalow charges, road expenses, parcels, and tickets. Mentions payments to Damang, Pintso, A. Sheikh, and a watch for R.S. Lama, with routes involving Yatung, Kalimpong, and Calcutta.

CONTENT:
2907
Damang 110. Pay incl Sept. ✓ Lorry to Srinagar. 120.
Pintso. 120 Pay incl. Aug. ✓ Tolls etc. 30
Pintso (road exp). 40. for Damang. ✓ 150
Lhuentse syces. 4. ✓ 1856
Kurtip. 40. ✓ 2907
A. Sheikh. 10. 4913

Jongpens men 10. 3241 Damang pay & b'shish. 40
Postmaster Yatung 150 (S.) Pintso 65

• • 150 (L.) Tenduk. 60
    Nangarbe. 5078
    Tips Lhakang to 15.
    Pay 130. Ration 20
    Kusho. Adv. 30 180
    Tenduk 5 + 10 15.
    Gyantse bungalow. 32.
    Bungalow to Yatung 32.
    Rs/
    Expenses on road. 15.
    Yatung to Kalimpong. 228.
    Coolies. 10
    Bungalows & etc. 12
    Watch for R.S. Lama 22.
    Kalimpong. 32
    Parcels. 10
    To Calcutta 175
    To Sealkote Tickets. 273
    Luggage 171.

SUMMARY:
The diarist records compass bearings from Chera La to several snow peaks and notes that two western peaks with glaciers are uncharted. Due to locals stating there is no yak route to Chera and limited manpower, the party decides to split: the diarist with A. Sheikh, Gulla, and Kurtip to Chera, and Ludlow with Pintso, Ramzana, and Danong to Luguthang.

CONTENT:
Chera La as follows: from Chirachun to a snow peak in direction of Tawang 284° Mag. From Chera La up the Dongma Chu to a snow peak at the head of the river 36° Mag. From Chera La to a snow peak west of the Tulung La 332° Mag. The two western of these peaks are not shown on the map at all. Both look over 20,000 ft. and have glaciers on them. In camp here, we find considerable trouble. The locals now say we cannot get by yaks to the mountains to the west at all. This makes things very difficult indeed. We may manage things by dividing camp, I going where they say they can't take yaks, and Ludlow going to Luguthang or some such place. But wherever we go, it is a gamble. We must choose some valley to settle in for a week or two and work thoroughly. If it's good, we win, if it's bad we lose, as the time for flowers will be over.

NB
To split up:—
S to Chera
L to Luguthang

Later. The decision is now made: there is definitely no yak route to Chera — the place I intend going to. As there are only 15 available men, only one of us can go there. So I, with A. Sheikh, Gulla and Kurtip go there; while Ludlow goes to Luguthang with Pintso, Ramzana and Danong. They say that laden yaks will find it difficult to go to Luguthang ("the sheep plain"). Our boxes are so unlike

SUMMARY:
The party halts at Mago to reduce loads and arrange transport for a split, with A. Sheikh baking and preparing meat for Ludlow. Yak meat is dried and salted. The next day the group divides, Ludlow going to Luguthang while the diarist camps in the hills west of Mago near the top of the conifer forest, noting altitude around 13,500 feet and intentions to move higher.

CONTENT:
the only loads they are used to, which are bags of maize, butter or milk. We will halt tomorrow, to cut things down to the minimum outside the meat etc.

31st July. Halt at Mago. To make arrangements for transport split, we had to halt a day here. A. Sheikh is the cook, so he has been busy making bread and cakes, and cooking meat for Ludlow to take. As it has been a good day, we have hung up the yak meat in strips to dry. The tongue is being salted, and all arrangements made to keep as much meat as possible.

1st August. CAMP in hills W. of Mago CHERA 6 miles. Height approx 13500'. We split up this morning, Ludlow going to Luguthang, and I coming here. He left with yak transport, while I had to take coolies. But although the locals said that yaks could not reach here, they loaded up half the loads on yaks, and only had to carry them for a couple of hundred yards. This place is up a side valley leading to the west, from about 2 miles N. of Mago. Camp is pitched just at the top of the conifer forest, among rhododendrons. I reached here at 11:30, but I do not think I am high enough, and want to get on tomorrow further up onto the South. No information was available about this place at all; but now it seems several