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SUMMARY:
Notes on identifying gentians from Kashong-la and Chagu-la, persistent rain, wireless reception with Olympic Games results, and packing specimens. Describes marches on 6–7 August from Bung to Shö along the left bank with transport details, elevations, and plant observations, including Codonopsis and Dracocephalum.

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cannot find the very similar yellow one. The big gentian from the Kashong-la must be G. phyllocalyx. The big one on the Chagu-la G. waltonii. It rains every day here, off & on, & last night - today is 4th - it rained without ceasing from 3 pm right through the night till 5.0 am. We have got the wireless up & get fairly good reception in the early morning news at 6.15 am. Have heard a certain amount of the Olympic Games results. I have packed up to leave here, four store boxes full of flowers, & another divided between flowers & birds.

6th Aug. Bung. 12 m. 12000'. Left at 7.15 am with 23 pony loads, or rather mostly dzo loads. At m 4 changed transport. Route on L bank the whole way & pretty easy, keeping after m 4 about 400 ft above the river. Bung is a large cultivated fan. Saw much Codonopsis vinciflora, the blue Dracoceph. & a white one with blue tube. Otherwise little to be seen. Fine all day, except for one shower.

7th August. Shö. 12900'. 4 m. Clouded all day, after a rainy night. Fine till the afternoon. Route keeps well above the L bank all the way along a good path. A large chorten is passed.

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Travel notes describe the route over the Mo La toward Lhuntse, observations around Shö and Bung with terraced cultivation, a possible pass to Cyandro, and contrasts between the wooded hills south of the Char Chu and the drier side. A report from Sanga Choling mentions Tibetan funerary practices involving the river. On 8 August at Shirap (14000', 11 miles), the weather improved and several alpine plants were noted, with some barley cultivation above the tree line.

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about m. 1, where a bridge leads over to the R. bank then over the Mo La to Lhuntse. Nothing of interest in flower, but many of the big gentian (G. waltonii?) all the way up here on the dry hillside. Shö is a big place, even bigger than Bung with a great deal of terraced cultivation and several small villages amongst the fields. By going up the valley to the E of the Mo La one can get over a pass to Cyandro. The hills to the S. of the Char Chu look very inviting, all wooded with fir and rhododendron. This side is too dry and only has small shrubs on it. The Char Chu is still pretty big. I heard at Sanga Choling that all dead Tibetans are thrown into the river. So there, besides drinking its very muddy water, we were also drinking a kind of infusion of dead bodies. However it tasted alright, and we are none the worse.

8th August. Shirap. 14000' 11 miles. A lovely day, misty in the morning, then brighter as the day wore on. Nothing much at first but masses of G. waltonii in bud. Then a fine Campanula (robusta?), Cyananthus incanus, Gentiana detonsa. This is a beautiful place, above the tree zone, but with a little barley cultivation.

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Diary entries record fine weather, observations of flowering Gentiana and seed collecting of Primula species around Kyimpu Halt and Le La. On 4 October the author moves to a camp north of Drichung La, parts from Ludlow and Lumsden, and continues with Ahmad Sheikh, Tsongpen, and Pimbo toward Trim while continuing seed collections.

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Scrophularia & Codonopsis vinciflora. Androsace not yet ripe, & G. waltonii is in full flower.

2nd October. Kyimpu Halt. A fine day with sun all day. The Drichung La has a lot of snow, but it should soon go with this sun. Went up to the Le La, & saw G. amoena in full flower. Got a fine haul of seeds of P. nivalis (macrophylla?) & a similar higher altitude one. Most are barely ripe yet, as P. cawdoriana, P. rotundifolia. A little Mec. bella found.

3rd October. Kyimpu Halt. A perfect day, even the hills being clear of cloud almost all day. Stayed in camp & dried & packed seeds.

4th October. Camp N of Drichung La. 15000'(?) 7 miles. Fine, but cloudy except from 8.0 am till 1.30 pm. Quite a good day for seeds again, but P. cawdoriana is not yet ripe. Left Ludlow & Lumsden behind, will next see them in India, at Dirang Dzong about the end of November. Ahmad Sheikh & Tsongpen accompany me, & Pimbo as far as Trim to make the bandobast. Seeds of P. nivalis sp very common & ripe 2719. They are the same as the Le La seeds 1561(2). Also a Primula like P. atrodentata, but I think perhaps different 2722. Snow lies about 500 ft above camp, & thence to the top. I handed over my gun