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SUMMARY:
At Kashong La Camp the party remains halted amid persistent snow, cold, and wind, while the diarist treats Tsongpen’s eye with tea leaves and Optrex. The Trün gyimpu arrives and predicts bad weather for about another month; a yellow primula (no. 2396) is collected while P. Cawdoriana is noted as not yet ripe. Conditions worsen on the 12th with continuous snow and rain.

CONTENT:
Colour in autumn, and should do well at home. I doubt if I will ever get over the Kashong La to the primulas I want. It does not seem as if it would stop snowing any night now. Tsongpen still has one eye almost closed tonight, but has had a sleep. I put tea leaves on for an hour, and have twice bathed them with Optrex.

Kashong La Camp
11th October. Halt. Hardly saw the sun all day. One inch of snow at camp again in the morning, more on the hillsides again. It is annoying to see blue sky and the sunshine only a mile down the valley from us. The Trün gyimpu arrived today: he says this will get worse till the end of the 9th month - about another month, then clear up. Tsongpen's eyes are much better, she was out with me for some hours today. We managed to get the yellow primula 2396, which I thought I had got yesterday, but found I was wrong. I now have a fine collection of it. P. Cawdoriana is still not ripe. Very cold in camp, rain or snow all day long and a tearing wind.

Kashong La Camp
12th October. Halt. Snowed all night, and snowed or rained all day without a break. Snow is now, 6.00pm, lying pretty thick in camp. It seems to get worse each day and there is no sign of a break.

SUMMARY:
At Lung the diarist halted, collected several ripe rhododendron seeds (including R. lindleyi, R. edgeworthii, R. kendrickii, R. sherruffii, R. fulvum, and R. arizelum), and noted ticks, frost, bamboo and pines, and a river running north then east in a narrow, steep valley, with no signs of tragopan. They went further up the hill and spoke with the Trün gyimpu.

CONTENT:
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R. lindleyi 2744 seed
bush, with ripe capsules. As the capsules are so much longer I have collected it under a new number 2744 - seeds are perfectly ripe. A few other odd things also collected, including one rhododendron, which we did not see in flower in July, with very thick tomentum, & capsules covered with the same tomentum (2745).
R. edgeworthii 2745 seed

R. kendrickii common. 2748 seed
Ticks pretty bad, as there is a good deal of bamboo on the path. The trees are mostly rhododendron, bamboo, deciduous of various kinds & a good many pines. The river flows nearly North for a bit then turns E again; the path is always steep & the valley is very narrow & steep sided. The left bank of the river is mostly covered with pines down below.

Lung
23rd October. Halt. Fine down here all day, with some snow on the hills for an hour or two. Went up the hill again, further than I had been before, but saw no sign or marks of tragopan.

R. sherruffii seeds 2751
R. fulvum seeds 2752 R. arizelum seeds 2753
R. fulvum seeds 2754
Rhododendrons disappointing, but I got two which are ripe, & have taken a few more which may come to something. Ticks again pretty bad. There has been quite a hard frost down here the last two mornings, especially this morning.

Lung
24th October. Halt. Some rain last night & this morning. Mostly fine but clouded over. Talking to the Trün gyimpu today, he