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SUMMARY:
Collector notes eating wild fruits and finding mec. seed; Kashmiris sent to collect encountered bears. Halt at Bimbi La with androsace collected, then a rainy march to Chikchar amid disputes with local transport from Migyitun and a troublesome Chikchar headman, before moving on to Camp Totsoen in mist. Dawong assisted due to someone’s sickness, and Puntso managed to bring the Migyitun people up.

CONTENT:
sickness, so it was left to Dawong to help me. I hope he recovers
quickly. The other evening I went up opposite camp to look at
the cliffs, and found some mec. seed, and a lot of raspberries and currants,
and we have been eating them ever since. I sent up all Kashmiris
to collect next day, and they came across two bears, which rather
spoilt the collection.

Bimbi La
14th Sept. Halt. Beautifully fine in the morning, after a good
deal of rain at night. Got a last lot of androsace. ? A. geraniifolia

To
15th Sept. Chikchar 10 m. A foul day. Heavy rain nearly all day after 9 am.
Puntso got the Migyitun people up with some difficulty, and after a long
wait and much argument we got off at 8.0 am. The Chikchar
people are still here, but go off in a couple of days, so we cannot
wait here at all. They are the worst lot we have come across, or
rather their headman is. He thinks he is of some importance, but
of course he is of none and has never travelled anywhere, so gives
more trouble than all the others. A few G. detonsa are ripe
here at camp. I have now been here four times, and have been
very lucky, as this is the only wet visit I have had.

To
16th September. Camp Totsoen. 5 miles. It just kept fine up till about
11.0, then misted all day. We did not move till 9.0 am, as the

SUMMARY:
The diarist left Tsongpen at a drogpa above Chorken Namo with two boys and kit, dealt with a troublesome man who led them beyond Karpo, and aided transport people lacking tents during snow. Tsongpen plans a trip via Karpo and the Trakan La. Botanical notes include abundant gentians (Gentiana ampherata 2592, G. stictantra on the Chaha, G. ornata) and collections of G. detonsa seed and P. parra.

CONTENT:
Gen. ampherata 2592

hard again in the evening. I left Tsongpen at a drogpa above Chorken Namo, with two boys with his kit. One man with us caused a lot of trouble by taking the boys where they were not to go beyond Karpo, which had been arranged with the head men the day before. I'm afraid I was very angry, & gave him a good hearty kick up the backside, which made him furious. However it changed the subject, & I think the boys will go alright. A pretty beastly day. The transport people came with no tents or covering at all, must have had a miserable night, though we gave them some sarakis when it started to snow. It looks as if Tsongpen would have a pretty rotten time of it on his trip round by Karpo & the Trakan La, but he seems cheerful enough. There is a new gentian growing on the swampy ground by camp, & G. stictantra is growing on the Chaha, especially the North side, where there were masses of G. ornata. It is very common here too.

Zimsaki
20th Sept. Halt. A lovely day, with some storms round about. Sky perfectly clear in the evening. Collected some G. detonsa seed & P. parra. There is a fine gentian here 2592, which I have Gentiana ampherata 2592.