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SUMMARY:
The diarist recounts recent travel from Bombay to Delhi, Pindi, Srinagar, and Calcutta before arriving in Kalimpong on the 18th. He mentions seeing B. Gould and Metcalfe, meeting Ludlow, fishing on the Wangat, and attending a Brighton Cup match with Peter Collins. He is delayed in Kalimpong because Puitso and Tenduk have not returned from Ha, and Tobgye has sent urgent messages to them.

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18th April. Kalimpong. I have had a good deal of travelling lately. At Bombay on 1st April, then up to Delhi, where I saw B. Gould & Metcalfe: then on to Pindi & Srinagar. Ludlow came in from the Sind & we had two days together in Srinagar before going out to camp on the 7th. I had one day's fishing on the Wangat, but not too successful. After another 3 days I left Srinagar on the 13th April, taking two cars down to Pindi (Rs 40 & 26 tolls). Reached Calcutta on 16th morning, the hottest day they had had so far, & stayed the 17th till 9.0 p.m. Peter Collins & I had some squash one evening & went & saw a match in the Brighton Cup tournament on Saturday. Finally I reached here on the 18th morning, to find that neither Puitso nor Tenduk have come back from Ha. Tobgye sent off urgent messages for them, & does not know why they have not turned up. So at the moment I am held up here, but hope to get

SUMMARY:
Halt at Phobsikha with rain, camp preparations, purchase of a sheep, and plant collecting including Rhododendron lanatum and a Prunus tree; a rhododendron differing from Rhod. thomsonii is noted (No. 3066). The author went east with Puitso through Abies forest and along a ridge, and the next day marched about 3.5 miles to Chapepusa.

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R. lanatum 3063
Lilium nanum 3065
but only came across one rhododendron - R. lanatum 3063.
They also brought back shooting bulbs of Nomocharis nana.
I went East with Puitso through Abies forest first then
up a narrow ridge with mostly rhododendron. All we found
Prunus rufa 3064 was R. lanatum, & a Prunus tree.

17th May. Halt. Phobsikha. Rained most of yesterday evening &
a good deal of the night. Fine this morning, but clouded over
very unsettled. Stayed in camp & got things ready for
tomorrow. Bought a sheep for 33 tankhas, did some developing,
& repacked all boxes, so as only to have to take one up
the hill with me. The rate offered here is only 8 tankhas, no
one ever having exchanged before: neither has anyone ever
sold a sheep, for which they at first wanted Rs 9/-. I
found a rhododendron today which appears to differ from Rhod.
thomsonii, although growing with the latter. The calyx is small &
R. thomsonii var candelabrum 3066 (Distinct)
the pedicels glandular (No 3066).

18th May. Chapepusa 3 1/2 miles. BP. 189.6° Temp. 50° Time 1

SUMMARY:
The party reports delays due to missing loads and exhausted coolies while aiming for Nang Dzong. On 2nd April they march to TROMDA in rain and snow; Puitso catches up after spending the night on the road, and the route is noted for sandy paths, a spur crossing, and vegetation including pines, rhododendrons, and Primula species in side valleys.

CONTENT:
They are all of poor physique & some are lunatics: most seem to be diseased. We should have got to Nang Dzong in two days; now it will take at least three, but it was worse going on today, with 15 loads not yet arrived & the coolies very tired. The valley is rather drier here, we saw no pines on the hills after the first two miles, but they are covered with shrubs, not yet in flower, though showing green here & there.

2nd April. To TROMDA. 6 miles. 10800'
A clouded day, with rain & snow for an hour even in the valley, clearing up later. Puitso did not get off till after dark last night, & himself arrived at Rabdang just after we had left this morning. He spent the night on the road. We left at 6.45 & got in at 9.30 am. with the same coolies. There is a good deal of sand on the path, but it is not so much up & down, with the exception of one spur crossed at mile 2. No flowers on the way, but I saw a few heads of Primula pumilio here - a species just coming into flower. The hills again have pines on the north faces & also rhododendrons. On the way here one passes some small side valleys with water, & they all seem to have a primula growing in them. P. sikkimensis is there, but there is another also, which appears to be P. microdonta,

SUMMARY:
Notes minor friction between the Kashmiris and Puitso, Kurbip, and Danung. Describes an 8-mile march over Tulung La to Longur with steep loose shale, reaching the Tulung (Goshu) Chu, and records camp conditions including fair grazing, ample fuel, clean water, and rain.

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There seems to be a certain amount of friction between our Kashmiris & Puitso, Kurbip & Danung. Probably only due to altitude, in any case is not serious.

22nd July. LONGUR. 8 miles. 13635' (Tulung La B.P. 181.9°. Temp. 50° = Corr. ht. 17130' : Longur B.P. 187.8° Temp 50° = Corr. ht 13635'.) Continue up R bank of river for 1 1/2 miles, then cross to left bank at m 1 1/2. Ascent steep for 1/2 mile then easy till the final ascent of 150 ft, which is exceedingly steep over loose shale. This bit is difficult even for yaks. Tulung La 17430' passed at m 3. This is a bare knife edge pass, but the descent on the south side is taken at an angle. At m 4 the Tulung Chu or Goshu Chu is reached & the R. bank followed down to camp at Longur at m 8. The hillside is very steep & mostly consists of loose shale. In very wet weather this is liable to give some trouble. Grazing fair, clean water from a little below camp. Fuel ample. Longur is at the junction of a side stream from the west. // Rather a disappointing day. It rained most of the

SUMMARY:
Field notes describe bird collecting in dense jungle near Tobrang, with birds proving shy; Ludlow shot a 'whistling schoolboy' thought to be the Burma form or possibly new, and there is still no sign of Puitso or the missing dak. On the 6th they moved to SHAPANG (6584') over 6 miles in hot weather after heavy overnight rain, with BP 200.6 and temperature 75°, and recorded plant specimens 935–938.

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morning and evening wandering about the jungle, and did fairly well. But we have both developed the habit of missing Pucopygas in a most distressing way. Ludlow shot a "whistling schoolboy", and was surprised to find that it is different - either the Burma bird or a new one. No sign yet of Puitso or the missing dak. Tomorrow is our last day here. We have done well here, and got about 10 or a dozen birds a day, others are a good many different ones still to collect, but even in dry weather it would be difficult to get all. It is curious how shy all birds are in this dense jungle, where they have such easy means of hiding. Neither in Tibet nor here, are birds molested in any way - game birds or others. But whereas in Tibet, on an open plateau, with no cover at all, birds will let you walk to within a few yards of them, here they are off into thick cover almost before one has time to see them.

5th Sept. Tobrang.

6th Sept. To SHAPANG. 6584' 6 miles. Very hot, but fine until the evening. There was very heavy rain last night for some hours. (BP. 200.6 Temp 75°)

Didymocarpus albitubus 935
Vigna vexillata 936
Hoya linearis 937
Chlorophytum nepalense 938