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SUMMARY:
Diary notes describe arrival at Gyantse after storms, a visit to Tering Raja, meeting Worth and Rajput officers, and mail issues, with B.31 sent to Calcutta on 21 September 1937. Subsequent days in Gyantse included social calls on the Kengchung, a good lunch, and tennis with Worth, Henlin, and Capel, with observations of local crops and a parnassius butterfly.

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barley & mustard crops - & peas
the barley being again nearly ripe. There are also peas. Saw nothing very interesting in the way of birds, but saw one parnassius. It was too lively & we failed to catch it.

17th September. GYANTSE. 16 miles. 13000'. Very heavy
B. 31. thunderstorm with hail all night & a lot of snow on the
Leaving camp ground when we left, very late, at 9.0 am. On our
at Gobshi. way in it was showery & we got rather soaked
once. Called in to see Tering Raja, the rightful ruler
of Sikkim, now banished here - a most delightful man.
Found Worth & two officers of Rajputs here - all very
kind. Also a really fine mail, but some of our
letters must have gone astray, as we miss some
parcels which must have reached here had our
letters not been lost.

B 31 sent from Gyantse 21.9.37 to Calcutta

Sept 19 - we at Gyantse
B. 31. finished 24th Sept. Gyantse. Last day in Gyantse. We could very
Chang girls well have done with less than a week here, as there has
in Gyantse: not been very much of interest to do. We called on the
view of Gyantse Kengchung & another day had lunch with him. He is
Dzong & country a cheery soul living in a monastery, but living better
round about. than one expects a monk to. He gave a most
B. 32. excellent meal - not too long with nothing forced on
Monastery Gyantse. his guests. Also played pretty bad tennis twice
Tibetan women. with Worth & Henlin & Capel. It was nice to have

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The diarist recounts a shooting outing near Gyantse with Henlin and Worth, marked by mishaps and a listed bag. At SAKANG, they describe comfortable staged travel, leaving Kusho behind and continuing with two servants and Tenduk, with clear weather, views of Gyantse, and harvest scenes en route to O. Sowgon.

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a game again. We were much amused to see Henlin & Worth together. Worth, although kind to us, is a fool, & a very typical I.C.S. man. He has most annoying ways, which are bound to get up against people in an out of the way place like Gyantse, at 13000 ft. Yesterday we induced all of them to go out shooting with us, we having got permission from the Kengchung. It was great fun really, & the fun was added to by Worth, who knew neither the country nor anything about shooting, & by Henlin, who has done no shooting before, letting off his gun & peppering the syces, & thereby making Worth furious - all very funny. Henlin is an enormous man 6' 4" & very broad indeed. He has a voice & a laugh you can hear a mile away. - Bag. 6 snipe 5 golden plover. 2 garganey, 1 black necked crane.

25th September. SAKANG. 13400' 15 1/2 miles. To O. Sowgon. Travel here is the acme of luxury with a bungalow at each stage, where everything is kept. We therefore left Kusho behind, & now only have with us our two servants & Tenduk. Today was a bright clear morning, clouding over at midday, & Gyantse looked very pretty when we left early this morning. The crops have ripened very quickly since we arrived, & now harvest is in full swing. It is an unexpected sight to see men & women, all strapped to the waist, cutting the barley. One doesn't somehow imagine a place this

B. 32. Gyantse from the bridge: A woman carrying water

SUMMARY:
Notes scarce flowering near Yatung, a visit to the B.T.A.'s house, and photographing the chowkidar's wife; Worth has gone to Gyantse. On 16th May at Yatung they ride to Lingmathang, find few flowers (primulas and rhododendrons), collect three blood pheasants, and remark on well-built local houses.

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wiser provided one keeps 100 yards away from any houses. Even
here practically no flowers are out, except a few rhododendrons
P. denticulata - & masses of a primula like denticulata. It is most disappointing.
Clematis alpina (LD 4)
We went over to see the B.T.A.'s house & garden - both very nice
looking places. Worth, the B.T.A. has gone up to Gyantse. I got
the chowkidar's wife to come & be photographed this afternoon. She
hasn't much in the way of fine clothing, but is typically Tibetan.
Chowkidar's name Tami.

16th May. YATUNG. Today we rode 6 miles up the valley to
Lingmathang, where we had intended to mark flowers for
autumn seed collection. But there were no flowers to mark.
B.S. contd. griffithii & tanneri. The only ones we saw were two primulas & some rhododen-
Scenes in P. griffithii (LD 5) drons. One primula was a beautiful one, deep purple
Chumbi valley coloured, with a yellow eye. This was a good sunny
near Ling- day with a pleasant breeze. It seems the weather this
mathang side of the hills is better than the other. At Lingmathang
we climbed up the hill on the left bank to about 13,500'
looking for birds & flowers. Both were very scarce, but we came
Birds across three blood pheasants which we collected. The two
males varied considerably in colour on the forehead & tail
feathers, possibly due to age, or possibly because we are
halfway between two places where their colours are known
to vary. The houses here are very well built - chalet
style - with roofs of short lengths of pine wood. They are