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SUMMARY:
Farewell letters with small gifts were dispatched, and several boxes of bird specimens were sent off amid improving but still rainy weather. At Narim Thang, the writer went to the Kang La pass, saw little view, and collected snow partridge, including specimens for Inglis in Darjeeling.

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Kang La morning we sent back our last bunch of letters. It was
an awful job writing no less than nine farewell letters
in one day, to the Maharaja, Maharani, Tobgye, Ashe
Pedon, Ashe Wangmo, Tashi Dorji, Tashi Naku and Pintso
Wangdu. Helped by two hot toddies, we finished up in
good style just before dinner. This morning we did the
letters up in parcels with a scarf in each with a
small bottle of scent to the ladies. We also packed
three boxes of birds and got them off too, leaving only a
very few which we must take through Tibet with us.
Yesterday was fine for quite a number of hours, and
this morning has been the best for some time. But now
at 9:30, it is again raining and mist is low down. It
does appear to be getting gradually better though, and we
hope for a decent day yet.

27th August. Narim Thang. Fairly fine till the afternoon. I left at 6:00 am
and went to the Kang La (16,300') for the first time. Took two
hours. Practically no view, but it looks sunnier and
drier on the other side. In fact I did see sunshine
there. No birds or flowers seen near the pass which
is a knife edge ridge of broken rock. Saw 50-60
snow partridge on the way up and shot three: one for
a skeleton and one for Inglis in Darjeeling. The
other day I "bagged" 22 more P. eburnea at the

SUMMARY:
The page describes a small Tibetan girl herding yaks at Shingbe and photographic work in evening mist, followed by excursions to the Me La with mountain and bird observations. It notes rain disrupting work, a mail day, and gifts of butter and a cake from H.H. and vegetables from Ashe Pedon, with hopes to reach the drier Tibetan plateau soon.

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Small Tibetan girl, with yak herds at Shingbe.
Evening mist coming up valley taken at 1/9 with filter and picture per second.

& very capable, being sent, as I saw yesterday, by herself up to the Me La, to bring in the horses. I gave her a Woolworth necklace, which pleased her immensely. I find on looking over my photos that with the damp, a few have stuck together, & have had to be thrown away. Truly this is no easy country to work in in the summer. I think we shall both be very glad indeed to get out into the drier plateau of Tibet in three or four weeks time.

10th (L's brother) On 7th we had a slack day, doing little but pack up & prepare for more specimens. 8th left at 4.45 am & reached the Me La at 6.30. A beautiful morning: took some photos of the mountains beyond the la (Superb view of Tibetan peaks to the S & W. Snow partridge, wrens, snow pigeon, & a kestrel), with tri-colour red filter. Then up the hills to the South, but found little but Himalayan snow-cock & wrens. These wrens are queer, as they are in fair numbers up there on bare moraine rocks, & also 2000' lower in dense jungle. Both are breeding or have just bred. We were lucky this day, as it kept fine till after 2.0 pm when we got back.

25.B. finished
View of snow hills beyond Meha towards Chola to North.
Tel x 2 : Tel x 4
Birds

9th Yesterday we had to send off a mail, so spent the day writing letters & packing off birds. We were lucky in not going out yesterday as it rained nearly all day, & was very cold. I'm afraid the weather has rather broken down at last. With the mail were more presents of butter & a cake from H.H. & vegetables from Ashe Pedon. She is a kind-hearted old soul.