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SUMMARY:
Page lists plant photography and notes under B.W. 12, Dufaycolor 21, and Kodachrome 24 with dates in July and August 1949. Locations mentioned include Chendebi, Yutola, Halakyula, and the Wangdipotrang bridge, with notes of film sent on 31/7/49 and 21/8/49.

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B.W. 12.
1 Thalictrum chelidonii 19544. 2/8
2 Chorten at Chendebi. 4/8
3 Codonopsis vacciniifolia 19620 16/8.
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5 Polygonum vacciniifolia 19616 17/8
6
7 19617
8 Mec. superba. Halakyula. 17/8
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10 P. capitata v crispata 22/8.
11 Wangdipotrang bridge 25/8
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Dufaycolor 21.
1 Streptopus simplex 22/7
2 Buddleia colvilei. "
3 Notholirion macrophyllum "
4 [Crossed out] Sent out No 20 31/7/49
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Dufaycolor 21.
1 Thalictrum chelidonii Yutola. 2/8
2
3 nil.
4 Polygonum vacciniifolia 19 17/8
5 Mec. superba. "
6 Not taken. 4 only. Sent Ha 21/8/49

Kodachrome No. 24.
Thalictrum diffusiflorum in sun at bursa. 22/7
Buddleia colv

SUMMARY:
At Sakden on 27 July, many of the Kashmiris were down with fever, with Ramzana particularly ill, which delayed progress but enabled exploration of two high areas. The writer ascended to Nyuksang La on the route to Mera, describing shepherding, buckwheat cultivation, and the route via the Gamri Chu with changing vegetation from broadleaf and fir to rhododendron.

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wrestling in Bhutanese style. All the people here are shepherds. They grow their crops on the steep hillside - as far as I can see only buckwheat.

27th July. SAKDEN. All our Kashmiris have been down
Buddleia colvilei 614
Lil. nanum 615
Rhod. campanulatum 616, 619, 622, 624,
Mec. horridula 623
with fever. Ramzana has been bad. This prevented us from getting on, but on the other hand it has helped, as we have been able to explore two small areas at a good height. I have been up to the Nyuksang La (estimated 12500-13000') on the route to Mera. Mera is where most of the yaks & sheep are kept. They return to Sakden in the winter. From Sakden the road leads across the Gamri Chu, up a small saddle & steeply down 800 ft - to the South. A branch of the Gamri Chu is met there & followed up for 1 1/2 miles, then crossed & a steep ascent made S.W. to the Nyuksang La. When this ascent begins, the jungle is mostly broad leaf trees, with some fir & quite a number of larch. Then fir predominates, & after passing a "basti" rhododendron takes the place of fir, till the top is reached when there is