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SUMMARY:
Page records expenditures for provisions, tickets, excess luggage, wireless, and transport, including routes via Rangiya, Howrah, Pindi, Bombay, and the Diwangiri–Chungkar–Dewri stages. Payments and advances are noted for individuals including Ahmad Sheikh, Danong, Guba, Pintso, Tenduk, with sums handled via the Postmaster and Pradhan, and an item for Tsongpen.

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Curry Powder 10 Seers. 10
Saffron 12 Tickets to Rangiya 120
Advance. Spencers. 250 Excess Luggage Rangiya 45
Beads. 9 Cox's charges. 35
Harrods - £50. (38) 500 Postmaster. 200
Danong. Adv. 40 Lorry to Mala 20
Kit Pindi - Rangiya. Tomb. 153 Cash from Bank Rs 3500.
Ahmad Sheikh (incl Jan 40 Rs) 200 less to Pradhan 1000 = 2500
Guba (incl Jan 35 Rs) 150 Pintso & Tenduk Clothes. 40 + 20 60
Statesman 9 mths. 27 Diwangiri Bill. Selves 2/10/- Kashmir 1/10/- Pintso 2/4/- . 22/2 6-4
Kit Bombay. Rangiya 236 Diwangiri to Chungkar 77 Coolies 31-2
Wireless 200 Chungkar 7 to Dewri 13. 20-0
Spencers Balance 272 Cox & Kings Calcutta. Cal to Rangiya. 177
Lorry to Pindi 95 Dak runners T'gong 80 Servants 20 Notes. 100
Car " " 50 Danong from S. Choling own wires. 50
Tickets to Howrah. 280 Tsongpen (to be sent by Pradhan or P.M.) 25
Excess - 140
Wireless Batteries 50
Hats. 42
Toys. 10

SUMMARY:
The diarist travels 12 miles to Mera via Choting la, noting barometric readings, temperatures, and fine weather after a cloudy start, with strong wind on arrival. Guba serves as cook, and a thrush sought by Ludlow is noted near Shungshon; marginal notes list Samri Chu, Choting la, and several plant specimens.

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an equally fine tail, again nearly as long as the cock, it had the beginnings of spurs. Guba acts as my cook up here while I am on my own. He produced good soup and excellent curry, so I have no complaints so far. It clouded over this afternoon, even so far as to rain a few drops about 5.0 pm. I do hope it remains fine while I am in Mera.

9th March. Mera 12 miles. B.P. of Choting la 192.2° Temp. 50°. B.P. of Mera 191.5° Temp 41°. This was a most interesting day. I left at 6.30 fearing rain, but after a cloudy start, it cleared and we had a most beautiful day. A few white clouds blowing across a beautifully blue sky, with little wind till we reached here at 3.30 pm, when there was a regular gale. I had a peaceful night, somewhat to my surprise, no fleas nor lice and everything very comfortable, Guba producing a perfectly good dinner. I am sure I saw one of the thrushes Ludlow is after at Shungshon, a grayish head, brown back and primaries, and distinctly rufous on the flanks: but I had no time to get a shot in. The path leads up pretty steeply all the way to the Choting

[Marginal Notes]
Samri Chu
Choting la
Gentiana bryoides 1169
Prim. White 1166 up.
" gracilipes 1167
Oxygraphis polypetala 1170

SUMMARY:
The diarist describes three routes from Mago to Tsona and spends a halt day at Chigupnaga conducting a northward hill climb, photographing flowers, and collecting primulas. Wet weather persists; two monals are missed, one bird is shot and skinned by Guba, and a distant gorge is noted as not being the Tsona Chu.

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has one of these fits. I have to skin the birds, or else shoot none: besides this there are flowers to be changed, or have to find both flowers & birds. I now find that there are definitely three routes from Mago to Tsona - one the way we came, one through here to Shao, three days good road & bridges, with yak herds here & there & one from our camp N of Nyuri through the hills to Tsona in three nights. The latter seems good - firewood all nights except one.

4th August. Halt at Chigupnaga. Not quite such a wet day. Left at 7.0 & got back at 12.15. Climbed the hills to the North of the small ravine N of camp. Nothing till the top was reached, where there were masses of P. congestifolia (762) (Prim. atrodentata subsp. oreodoxa). On the way down found a new primula, but flowers were withered, probably pink (763) (Prim. juncundana (Diyatfolia)). When I returned the sun shone fitfully for ½ hour, then heavy rain & mist. Took a few photos of flowers in situ & close up. Although still raining at 6.0pm, I can for the first time see the outline of the hills to the west beyond a gorge, which they say is not the Tsona Chu, but which must be of considerable size. Saw two monals at the top of today's climb, & missed them. Shot one bird, the same as I sent to Ludlow yesterday. Guba skinned it reasonably well. It was