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SUMMARY:
The party crossed Peipe La early but found little of interest due to dense bamboo, then moved into a more promising valley around 10,000 feet. H.H. sent multiple loads of provisions, and Yundun returned after depositing boxes; a local note explains that 'Smasietang' refers to Guru Rimpoche’s footprint kept in the Lhakhang. Weather was wet at night but mostly fine during the halt day.

CONTENT:
Rhod. xanthocodon 18521.
Campylotropis 18522.

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Perpida

over the Peipe La, at 6.30. We started at 5.0 and in about 10.0 am going very slow. The pass was a disappointment, and we saw nothing of interest at all. There is a great deal of dense small bamboo, and nothing else much could grow in that. But there were some nice looking cliffs, which I scanned carefully through binoculars, hoping for P. Hazeharii or some other primula. But I could see nothing at all. Now we've got to our second choice of valley, and it is much nicer and more promising looking. Here the valley floor is almost 10,000', and I should think we rise about 1000 ft per day. I'm sorry we must stay tomorrow, but that is as arranged. H.H. has not forgotten us. He has sent in all 3 loads of rice, a load of meat and a load of other foodstuffs. That should see us through a month or two. Yundun also returned, having left our box of dried flowers with our other boxes.

22nd May Halt. Wet at night, fine nearly all day. "Smasietang" refers to Guru Rimpoche's foot, (honorific) which he put on a stone here, and the mark is in the local Lhakhang. Pasang and Yundun went out at

SUMMARY:
The diarist describes plant collecting on cliffs and sand slopes, with Pasang separately gathering notable specimens, and notes wildlife sightings, weather, and plans to camp higher and visit Marlung. Letters were sent to Betty and Asha Wangmoo. On 4 July, amid active trade movement, Pasang and Yundun collected more plants near the Sekpen's huts, and plans are considered for a September trip to the Tibdey La after returning from Bumthang.

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1 June
Went to a big cliff straight ahead. This was covered at the foot with almost white P. umbratilis (19332), and with a lot of the yellow Sax I saw 2 days ago, glabricaulis (19306). Then again to the right, then found P. waddellii and one or two other good things, including a high altitude Delphinium muscosum (19328) and a Sax bergianoides (19329) and a nice dwarf plant which I don't remember seeing before (19327), which grows in sand slopes below cliffs. Pasang was separate, and he got one fine big Gentian, G. phyllocalyx (19322), and also a very pretty little white Potentilla coriandrifolia (19324), which I'd like to get seed of, but unfortunately he only saw enough for the press.

Pasang saw many bharal, I saw one. I must take out the gun and have a go at one one day. We were lucky today, as it was almost fine the whole day until 5 minutes after we returned, when there was a deluge of rain. Really we should camp now at 14,500' to get the best of the alpines. They all seem to be high, and camping here at 12,000' is far too low: it makes a long walk to reach 15,000'. Tomorrow we have an off day, then go up to Marlung, at about 13,500'. Perhaps from there I will send the lads off for a couple of nights to one of the yakherds' shelters, which now mostly seem to be about 14,500'. Sent off a letter to Betty and one to Asha Wangmoo this morning.

4th July. Halt. More fine than wet. Great moving of trade up and down today, mostly Bhutanese, but also Tibetans. I stayed in camp, but Pasang and Yundun preferred to go out. They went up the valley behind the Sekpen's huts, then over the ridge to the north, and they collected 10 quite good plants, including one fine Prim. soldanelloides (19346), which was growing on a cliff, which I think unusual. I've always seen it just on steep open grassy hillside. Ngudup seemed surprised when I told him we would return here after Bumthang, for seed. I've been wondering whether it might not be good to go to the Tibdey La for Sept 1-12th or 15th.

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