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SUMMARY:
Notes Babax waddelli singing and common at Chamu, mentions Ludlow at Loba in Packakshiri, and lists botanical items (Cremanthodium and Rhododendron with numbers). Describes the gradual ascent to Lo La through silver fir forest and reports coolies finding three arrows on the road, taken as a warning of opposition from the Packakshiri people.

CONTENT:
Babax waddelli common Chamu, singing quite prettily.

Ludlow at Loba Packakshiri
Cremanthodium 1892
Rhod. campylocarpum 1893
L. p. 138-9 Ascent to Lo La gradual slope. 2/200 " cinnabarinum 1894
the road does not leave silver fir forest until " ludlowii 1895
within a mile of the summit. " mekongense 1896

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apparently the coolies are alarmed: they
expect opposition from the Packakshiri people.
They found 3 arrows stuck in the ground
on the road. This is supposed to indicate
opposition to our entering into their country.

SUMMARY:
Field notes from Nyug La and Pachakshiri record several bird species with elevations and mention Magnolia globosa. It states that Nyug La means the bamboo pass, notes visible bamboo nearby, and reports dense bamboo jungle on the summit around 13,000 ft as reported by Pember. Ludlow is noted at Nyug La.

CONTENT:
Leptopoecile. 13500'.
Snow-cock with 15-20 day old young. 15500'
Crossoptilon with young 13500'.

Ludlow at Nyug La
Pachakshiri

Magnolia globosa 1907
Blackbird 15000'. L'Abbé Bureau - Spelaeornis
Babax waddelli. 15000. soulei soulei
Pyrrhospiza. 16500'. NB. L. bis 178 (S.S. Sherriff y 1833 79/84)

L. 143 Nyug La means the bamboo pass.
NB. one can see bamboo on the ridge not
far distant
Pember reported dense bamboo jungle
on the actual summit which must
be in the neighborhood of 13000' maybe less.

SUMMARY:
Notes compare Bimbi La plants with pinker flowers, report a good haul of Parnassius butterflies despite rain, and mention sightings of Babax waddelli and blackbirds. On 6 July at a camp on the north side of Drechung La (15000'), the route is described from the valley over a bridge, up a steep rhododendron-covered ascent to open hillside and along rocky slopes past yakherds; P. cawdoriana (specimen 2305) is common and fully out.

CONTENT:
the Bimbi La ones I am sure, in that the leaves have longer petioles and are much rounder and are cut up more. The flower is not so lilac, but pinker. Yesterday we got a good haul of Parnassius, but rain spoilt things today, rose only for 6. Some of these Laha ones should be good. I do not remember seeing the smaller one before. There were lots of Babax waddelli about at 14500 or so, some blackbirds too. Saw no other birds of any interest.

6th July. Camp N. side of Drechung La. 15000'. 8m. We had to go down the valley for a couple of miles - to the last house on the path, then turned south over the main stream by a bridge. Thence for five miles the ascent is very steep indeed, nearly all the way through thick rhododendron jungle. Then the open hillside is reached, and the path ascends for another mile. Thence slightly downhill, along steep rocky hillside, past a summer encampment of yakherds, round a spur to the second stream. Beyond this there is no wood available. Camping ground is not good; very little level space available.

Up here P. cawdoriana 2305 is common and is fully out, a beautiful little thing, with a big flower. There is any amount