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SUMMARY:
Collector notes eating wild fruits and finding mec. seed; Kashmiris sent to collect encountered bears. Halt at Bimbi La with androsace collected, then a rainy march to Chikchar amid disputes with local transport from Migyitun and a troublesome Chikchar headman, before moving on to Camp Totsoen in mist. Dawong assisted due to someone’s sickness, and Puntso managed to bring the Migyitun people up.

CONTENT:
sickness, so it was left to Dawong to help me. I hope he recovers
quickly. The other evening I went up opposite camp to look at
the cliffs, and found some mec. seed, and a lot of raspberries and currants,
and we have been eating them ever since. I sent up all Kashmiris
to collect next day, and they came across two bears, which rather
spoilt the collection.

Bimbi La
14th Sept. Halt. Beautifully fine in the morning, after a good
deal of rain at night. Got a last lot of androsace. ? A. geraniifolia

To
15th Sept. Chikchar 10 m. A foul day. Heavy rain nearly all day after 9 am.
Puntso got the Migyitun people up with some difficulty, and after a long
wait and much argument we got off at 8.0 am. The Chikchar
people are still here, but go off in a couple of days, so we cannot
wait here at all. They are the worst lot we have come across, or
rather their headman is. He thinks he is of some importance, but
of course he is of none and has never travelled anywhere, so gives
more trouble than all the others. A few G. detonsa are ripe
here at camp. I have now been here four times, and have been
very lucky, as this is the only wet visit I have had.

To
16th September. Camp Totsoen. 5 miles. It just kept fine up till about
11.0, then misted all day. We did not move till 9.0 am, as the

SUMMARY:
Listened to the Coronation broadcast by wireless with Puntso, Tenduk, and another Puntso from Ha, and prepared outgoing mail. Halted at Chendesi with heavy rain and collected rhododendrons, primulas, and conifers. Marched from Chendesi to Phobsikha with notes on weather, altitude, timing, route, and nearby cultivation.

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I don't know. The wireless behaved very well, and we have heard the whole Coronation show from 2.45 pm onwards – that is from the very beginning. We even heard the Oath taken by the King. Puntso and Tenduk were joined by the other Puntso from Ha, and all came into my tent and listened. I am sending off a mail on 14th, so have been writing a good deal this afternoon.

13th May. Halt Chendesi. 8000 ft. Fine till 2.0 pm, then very heavy rain and hail for a few hours. Overcast in the evening. Went up the forest to the south of Chendesi, and found Rhod. Thomsonii, Rhod. Keysii and a variation of Rhod. Falconeri (?). There are lots of Prim. erythrocarpa up that way in open fields and edges of forest. Took specimens of all the conifers seen. Packed up a mail, to be sent off tomorrow morning early.

14th May. Phobsikha 98 miles. BP. 193.8° Temp. 58° Time 4.30 pm. Ht. 10500 ft. Left Chendesi at 5.30 am, reached here at 2.0 pm. Very heavy rain yesterday evening and a good deal through the night. Clear this morning: rain began falling at 2.0 pm. Path leaves Chendesi and follows a rough bearing of 250° Magnetic. At first fairly steep, but on the whole easy, with a good deal of level going. It passed several cultivated areas on the hillside.