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SUMMARY:
Camped at Tobrang in the Bashiyang Valley, the party plans a seven-day stay, dismisses the coolies, and notes leech problems and severely disorganized mail. Pimbo goes to T'gong to investigate the missing mail, while the diarist spends the day birding near camp and reports Ahmed Sheikh’s quick recovery. Heavy Bhutan–Tibet barter traffic is observed, and plant collections are listed.

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business in the morning, when he put it on.
This place is by no means free of leeches. It was last year, but we had a dry spell here then. We have decided to put in seven days here & have dismissed the coolies, paying them 2 tankhas a day. Pimbo has gone off to T'gong to find out what has happened to our mail if he can. It is completely disorganised, & we are getting no mail up at all. It seems very doubtful whether any mail is reaching Kumarikhata either, which is a serious matter.

Bashiyang Valley.
Tobrang
Aug. 30
Osbeckia capitata 913
Crotalaria capitata 914
Selaginella chrysocaulos 915
Erythrina arborescens 916
Impatiens 918
Adenophora khasiana 920
Shuteria ferruginea 919
Apios carnea 921
Didymocarpus pulchra 923
Inula nervosa 924
Phytolacca acinosa 926

30th August. Halt Tobrang. Fine most of the day.
Spent the day looking for birds in the jungle close to camp. There are any number of good birds about, but they are extraordinarily difficult to get, owing to the thick undergrowth. Ahmed Sheikh made a very quick recovery, being perfectly all right again in the morning. At the moment all seem to be pretty fit. This is the time that all the barter is done between Tibet & Bhutan, & we have seen hundreds of Bhutanese going up to Tibet with cloth etc, & returning with Tibetan cloth & salt. Men & women both carry great loads which must be

SUMMARY:
Field notes from the Trashiyangsi Valley describe crossing the main river, a poor camp at Lao, abundant but fruiting Bryocarpum himalaicum, a possible new aconite or delphinium, and measures against leeches, with bearings noted toward Me La and Trashiyang. The following day at Tobrang lists further plant collections including Campanula, Adenophora, Leptocodon, Begonia, and Impatiens.

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Trashiyangsi Valley, Aug. 28

Aconitum laciniatum 893
Delph. ludlowii 894
Geranium lambertii 895
Habenaria (Platanthera) stenantha 896
Clintonia alpina 898
Bryocarpum himalaicum 900

Crossed the main river here, we were greeted by masses of them. Not a very good day on the whole. Lao is such a foul camp. Found a new aconite or delphinium near here. Bryocarpum himalaicum growing in profusion about half way down, but all in fruit. It seems to be one of those which throw its fruit when green. What was left was all green, so I took it & bottled it with CO2. To cope with the leeches, we have wiped all the legs of our beds & chairs with salt water, as well as our shoes. Bearing from here towards the Me La seems to be about 20°. The main valley from Lao comes from a bearing of 315° - 330° & the river towards Trashiyang 190°.

Trashiyangsi Valley
Tobrang
Aug. 29.

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Campanula colorata 903
Adenophora khasiana 904
Leptocodon gracilis 905
Begonia josephii 906
Impatiens 909
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