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SUMMARY:
Notes rhododendrons and primulas in flower, sends a messenger with mail to Tsona, and interacts with the head lama while noting the death and prospective reincarnation of Drukpa Rinpoche; photographs the monastery and Rinpoche’s daughter. On 14 May travels to Zimsäthí via the nala east of Sanga'Choling, noting route details toward the Takar La.

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Rhododendron primulaeflorum var. cephalanthoides. 1583

Right bank, I could see Rhododendrons in full flower, and North face slopes are well wooded with fir. A primula is in flower on the river banks (1593).

13th May. Hall. Fine. A day of pretty hectic rush. As no mail had arrived here, we appointed a man to take one to Tsona for us, and hope he will bring one back. Packed up flowers and birds all day and received the head lama present. Drukpa Rinpoche is dead, and died 7 years ago. His incarnation is thought to have been found in Kham, but it is not yet known. He apparently, though so holy, was married, and has a grown daughter here, one of the prettiest Tibetan women I have seen. She hung about all day, and at last I found it was to have a photo taken, which I did, and promised to let her have one later. The monastery is very picturesque indeed in the evening light, and I took a photo this evening of it.

14th May. To Zimsäthí. 10m. BP 18.700 Temp 51° Time 2.30pm Alt. 14,135'
Road leaves up the nala just East of Sanga'Choling. It is good but pretty steep, past cultivation of kyu and on, becoming less steep. The road to the Takar La goes

SUMMARY:
The page describes the river’s gradient, extensive buckthorn trees, and ruins near Migyitun, along with an explanation from the head lama at Sangacholing that 'Migyitun' means 'seven head men.' It also notes local slavery practices involving Abors, taxation arrangements in Migyitun, and available cultivation including eggs, potatoes, and wheat.

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River falls pretty easily for the first mile or two, getting I think a bit steeper about mile 4. There are a good many buckthorn trees about, which in many places grow to a height of 50 feet or more. The highest are only a mile below Migyitun, where there are some ruins. These ruins were houses built by the Migyitun people, so they say, and were destroyed by the Lopas, who would not have them coming any further down the valley. "Migyitun", we were told in Sangacholing by the head lama is a name meaning the seven head men "Mi gyim dun" gyim being a short form of gyimpo. Slavery of a kind is still common, and Abors are often sold up here, the price being somewhere about 20-30 Rs or its equivalent. The old price is said to have been a sword for the head, a dagger for each limb and a cow for the body. Prices seem to have gone down, and a pig replaces the cow. I should think the "slaves" were much happier here than where they come from. Migyitun consists of about 30 houses, seven of which pay tax to the Tibetan Government, the remainder pay a little to the seven. There is quite a lot of cultivation, and eggs, potatoes, and wheat are available.

SUMMARY:
The diarists halt at Sanga Choling, receiving hospitality from a local mother and later sending mail via a young lama to Chague. The head lama visits and speaks of a recent scare in Lhasa involving Russians or Chinese Communists; Tsongpen returns with seeds from Karpo and the Trakan la, though the sought red Primula nivalis was not found.

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Sanga Choling
23rd Sept. Halt. Some rain, mostly fine and sunny. The old woman who is mother to the two girls we always see here, gave us lunch of guatu in camp, and came herself. She is a most delightful lady, full of life and talk, and her great desire was to be given some embroidery silk, a selection of which she went off with. We could get no man for the mail; all are off cutting grass and so on.

Sanga Choling
24th Sept. Halt. Got a man for the mail, through the mother's good offices, and sent him off this morning via Chague. He is a young lama and seems a nice youth. Rained in the night again. After lunch the head lama called, and was very pleasant. He has just returned from Lhasa, where he told us of scare of Russians, which may be real Soviet or Chinese Communists. However R.B. Norbu had gone to Lhasa, and the scare had quietened down. Nearly all S. Choling seems to be inter-related, and it is most complicated. We gave him some fruit salad and cake to eat, many cigarettes and four glasses of Cointreau, all of which he took with relish, a most un-lama like performance. It rained off and on all evening, and was overclouded all day. Tsongpen arrived back with a few seeds from Karpo and the Trakan la. He failed to find the red Primula nivalis, but got another one, and the P.