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SUMMARY:
Notes snow leopard tracks and sparse flowers, including masses of P. concinna and an Allardia found by Pasang, after a strenuous day. On 10 July the party stayed in camp, sent mail to several correspondents, discussed travel plans with H.H., and chose to take the pass opposite Drolmo Sishi La on the 16th; on 11 July bad weather arrived in the afternoon, Yundun could not go out, and the diarist and Pasang went up a nearby valley.

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Saxifraga contraria op no. 19390

pugs of a big snow leopard at 15000', but otherwise no wild life. Flowers were very few. P. concinna 19392 was in masses at the first lake, and nearly all white which I've never seen before. Then a little higher, certainly 15500', Pasang found a pretty Allardia, with mauve flowers and covered densely in white felt like hairs, all over. Got back dead beat - even Ngudup - to find the mail had arrived and a basket of vegetables for H.H. Nothing very much in it, but it was nice to have. No mail from Betty. She's been very lucky in weather I must say. Again a fine day.

10th July. Haah. Again a good day, with a few fine showers amid sunshine, and Kanghar visible quite a lot of the day. Stayed in camp and got a mail off to Kyong, H.H., Betty and Wangmoo. Tobsgye is asking for our dates of sailing, so that he can get M.K.'s passage booked too. So I have written H.H. today to ask what his plans are, telling him we proposed to fly, and would prefer to do this, but that we will go by sea if possible should he particularly wish it. No flowers today. We have now planned not to go by the Drolmo Sishi La, but by the one opposite here, on 16th. That decision made, is very nice. Now we have 5 days here, and we know how our time will be fitted in till we go to Bumthang.

11th July. Haah. Another beautiful morning, followed by heavy hail and rain about 2.0pm and clearing up after. Yundun's feet are too bad for him to go out, so Pasang and I went ourselves. We went up stream to the first yak herds on the R bank (1 1/2 m?) then turned up that valley. The climb was very steep at first, past a small

SUMMARY:
Expected malaria patients from Punakha did not appear, despite H.H.’s orders, leading to frustration and letters to H.H. and Tobsgye. On 20 Oct the party marched to Taluku, found the hut gone, noted a better camp at Nahila, and collected 47 bulbs of Lil. Wallichianum; on 21 Oct they reached Balimape, where the Zimpon was away in Ha.

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shrubs all the way down, but otherwise the place looks dry. We were to have had 40 malaria cases here waiting for us, from Punakha, whose blood Hicks was to make slides of to see what kind of malaria they all suffer from. H.H. ordered these men to be produced. But there was nothing here, all the Dzongpon said was "There is no fever in Punakha". If this is really so, which I very much doubt, then all our gift of 5000 Paludrine is being just thrown away now. I personally think there is a lot of fever, but that the Dzongpon is a fool who has not the energy to call in the sick people. I've written a stinker to H.H. & told Tobsgye all about it. We are both rather sick at this. It seems v. difficult to get anything done for these people. They say they want something done, but then won't do anything, when one tells them what to do.

20th Oct. Taluku. A lovely day, with clouds in the morning, but clearing to the real cold weather dryness. This is an absurdly short march which I only arranged as there was a nice hut here, which would save trouble for the locals in making arrangements. But we got here to find the hut gone. That doesn't really matter as we have tents, but a much better camp would have been at Nahila, 4 miles on. We got 47 very fine bulbs of Lil. Wallichianum on the hillside across the valley here. Some are bigger than I have ever seen, but none has had more than 2 flowers on it, whereas in Kalimpong gardens they can have up to 5 flowers.

21st Oct. Balimape. Again fine though mostly clouded. We got in by 2.0 but kit not till 4.0 - 5.0 pm. The Zimpon is away in Ha, so we are spared any trouble here in the way of conversation & entertainment. He is a pleasant man, but it makes things easier if he is not here.