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SUMMARY:
At Haat on 14–15 August, the party finalizes plans for Betty to fly home via Gangtok, Kalimpong, and Calcutta to arrange housing, while noting property options near Inverness. They spend time fishing, with Tashi preferring bait, and receive strong local support arranged by Tobgye and help from Apa, though a missed mail causes concern. Tobgye reports that the treaty has been signed.

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with unlimited servants, who are mere dirt to him. What he needs certainly is to be taken away from all that kind of thing, and made to do something, and think for himself a bit. He knows nothing of this country at all, and seems to care less.

14th and 15th August. Haat. Tobgye has sent orders here that everything is to be done for us, everything produced free and any wishes we have fulfilled. Apa has been very good and useful. We have got our plans now fixed at last, after a small mail came in from Kalimpong. We suddenly decided that Betty should fly home as soon as she can — on Sept 2nd if that can be arranged. She can do more that way than by remaining in India, with no home. She will get good treatment and she will be able to see about a house for us at home. Brarich is only offered at too high a price but there is another very attractive sounding place near Inverness which she can see. So now Betty leaves tomorrow, reaches Gangtok and Kalimpong on 21st and Calcutta on 26th. She'll have a few days there to do all we have all asked her to do, and off on 2nd Sept or as soon as possible after. We've been out fishing each day for a few hours. I've never seen so many trout, though I was unable to catch any big ones. None were feeding much, though they came to the fly alright. In the first 10 minutes, I had caught over 30, so it was really not much fun. There were too many. Twice I had 3 on at once. Tashi has no idea of fishing. He prefers standing in one place with bait and dangling his line trying to get big ones. His servants hold his rod and catch them too.

We have missed at least one mail while coming here, and this has been somewhat worrying, as there have been important letters in it. I thought that it would have been returned by H.H. but it has not been. Tobgye tells us that the Treaty has been signed at last. He must be very relieved indeed, and he

SUMMARY:
Notes record seeds sent via Tashi to Ha on 21.8., and plant collections/observations along routes between W' phodrang, Tsalimape, Pyimitangha, and Paro. Species noted include Astilbe, Campanula, Cotoneaster, Ceratostigma, Clematis, Anemone japonica, Polygonum wallichii, Luculia pinceana, Saxifraga, and Codonopsis. MK is mentioned as having met the party.

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Seed sent Tashi to Ha on 21.8. 19613 Podocarpum himalaicum
19280 Streptopus simplex

Pyimitangha to Paro. Seed of big white Astilbe. } where MK met us.
✓ purplered "
yellow Saxifraga near top L side 1/4 m down
Codonopsis

Tsalimape to Pyimitangha. ✓ Campanula. all open steep earth bank.
✓ Cotoneaster. 19632
X many colored shrubs R bank river below 3rd br.
✓ Ceratostigma 1st village.
X Red Clematis upper ruined village below Pyi.
✓ Anemone japonica between 2 ruined villages ...
W' phodrang to Tsalimape. ✓ Polygonum wallichii opp Tahudu.
X Luculia pinceana 1/2 m above "
✓ Red Clematis 2nd clearing beyond S/G bridge R bank

SUMMARY:
Notes a fine Aconite in flower but seeds largely unripe; mail arrived quickly from Kalimpong. On 13 September, after heavy rain and new snow down to 14,500 ft, the party halted and went up the Chachhu La route toward Nanda La to seek Notholirion bulbs and possible seed, planning to take roots on return from Waitang.

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Tashi coming home with us, we don't want to wait. The only flower today was a very fine Aconite again - a small one with a single very big flower, really very beautiful. Ludlow got this in the Rongde Chu valley about 5 weeks ago, but here it is only just in full flower. So seed will be impossible I fear, and our only hope is to take roots when we return from Waitang. Time is getting on now, and many things are not nearly ripe. It is very worrying, but I can't change plans now. Had to send off the mail today, but kept it to add a little after the new mail came in. This one came in exactly 15 days from Kalimpong, that is wonderfully quick.

13th September. Halt. We had the heaviest rain of the trip last night, and hoped for thunder, but there was none. However this morning the hills were all covered with snow down to about 14500. That is the first sign of the autumn and the first sign of the end of the rains. We want that, to hurry on the seeds, so few of which are yet ripe. Today we went up the Chachhu La route, i.e. the route that goes to the Nanda La past two lakes, joining at the lakes the route we followed when we left Marlung for Mandating. I had been up there before once and seen hundreds of Notholirion hyacinthinum, but only in bud. So we went for the bulbs and perhaps seed. I