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Arrival at Tongkyuk Dzong with plant observations en route

LSH/1/1/8/1/33 · Part · 1946-12-23

Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

SUMMARY:
The party trekked through spruce, oak, pine, and larch forest, passed below Chunyima, obtained butter and fresh milk from herdsmen with yaks, and noted several plants including Primula atrodentata and Lilium wardii. They reached Tongkyuk Dzong after 68 days, glimpsing the Po Yigrong Range and collecting limited seed of an unidentified Rhododendron, a Gaultheria, and an evergreen Berberis.

CONTENT:
hard indeed - so much so that the kukri we used to cut out plants was broken slightly, & sparks were actually made when striking the ground! This might possibly be P. bhutanica or Whitei. Like P. atrodentata the buds were covered with dense farina. We did not see Chunyima at all, but passed below it scarcely a few miles (2?) to an open space, on the other side of the river from which is a herdsman's hut where there are two men with 50 yaks. Up behind that is a very fine snow peak (Sangdam Pu?) where the valley looks very good for flowers. We got some very dirty butter from them at 9 sangs the piece, about 1 1/2 lbs. Also most excellent fresh milk as a gift. The milk was brought in a ladle made of Rhododendron wood, holding about 1/2 gallon. Our 4 coolies caught us up today joined us here, so did 7 extra pony loads which had come on "sadsi". The path all day is through fine spruce, holly oak & latterly a little pine larch. Rhododendron in places plentiful. For the first mile or two the valley is open: thence it is a gorge, but everywhere very pretty indeed. My one only pair of shoes have given out, & am reduced to gym shoes from now on. We saw a little Mec. betonicifolia at Lunang, but no more anywhere else. I also saw one Prim. chungensis. Prim. atrodentata is everywhere & is all ready for moisture & a little warmth, to put it into flower.

22nd Dec. Tongkyuk Dzong. Home at last, after 68 days. It is worth it though, from what we can see. The march today was through conifer & rhod. forest all the way, but the forest was too thick for us to get but a glimpse of the Po Yigrong Range N. of Tongkyuk. We left at 7.30 & got in at 1.30. The road is good most of the way. In the plant line the most interesting things on the march were Lilium Wardii, common on the steep bracken covered slopes in the picea & pinus forest. A Rhododendron of which we got a little seed is one I don't recognize. We also got a Gaultheria & an evergreen Berberis, but saw no...

Lubong and Dzama entries: quarrel between district headmen and ascent toward Karma La

LSH/1/1/8/1/63 · Part · 1947-02-20

Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

SUMMARY:
Hunting continues and a Kalij is taken; tensions erupt between the Loto and Lome headmen, causing fights among coolies until Thompson calms the situation. The party travels toward Lubong and then Dzama in perfect weather, noting pine forests, landslides, seeds of Gaultheria, and views toward Gyala Peri and Namcha Barwa from near the Karma La.

CONTENT:
Hunting goes on here; one is constantly hearing the sound of a gun. I got one of Kalij this afternoon. There are two districts in this part of the Po Tsangpo below Trulung—Loto and Lome, divided at Dzama, each having a headman.

21st Feb. LUBONG 5 1/2 m. The day started badly. Some coolies came early, some did not come. The headman of Loto, who was in charge, started cursing the coolies of the Lome headman and hit one. This started a regular fight with fists and sticks and a hell of a noise. We eventually got off, the headman staying behind shouting at everyone. He caught us up later, saying 3 men were after him with knives. But the trouble seemed to have settled till we got here, when it flared up again between the two headmen, who tried to throttle each other. Thompson did good work in quieting them down. The day was good, and the views fine. But we badly want a clear day tomorrow, as from the Karma La, both Gyala Peri and Namcha Barwa are visible, I'm told. It looks promising for tomorrow at present. We got seed of two Gaultherias, one with white fruit, locally called Sülü, which we have not seen before. The people here are nice, but the day has been somewhat spoilt by this awful row going on all the time. There is still very little to see of flowers of any kind, and I don't think we will get much either. Mostly the path is through pine forest, and there have been many landslides on both sides of the river. We saw a few Luculia trees, perhaps Luculia Pinceana, but in unripe fruit. From about 300' above camp, two very high snow mountains appear, one at bearing approx 170° (Namcha Barwa?) the other at approx 205° (Gyala Peri?). In the evening the headmen's quarrel was made up, and both were perfectly happy together. I prefer the Lome headman, who takes us on from tomorrow.

22nd Feb. Dzama Left at 7.15. In at 1.30. A perfect day. Cold at night, but not a cloud all day, and the views astonishingly lovely. This is no easy route, but one well worth coming, especially if one gets weather like we are now having. It is absolutely perfect. Both of us are tired this evening, after the very steep ascent to the Karma La, which is a little