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Mago 2 Aug
Primula stictocana 751
Gentiana tubiflora 752
Gentiana phyllocalyx 753
Geranium collinum 754
Primula bryophila 801
Primula macrophylla 802
Primula pusilla 803
Lonicera parvifolia 805
Primula bella 806
with us, a few questions. He is a good sort, willing and able to give information about the country etc. etc. He hesitated to answer, and the others were heard to tell him not to tell us the names of camps and passes. Why, I cannot imagine. However he came back and whispered the names later, at the same time asking me not to say he had told me, when we returned to Mago. Leaving camp, there is a stiff climb of 500 ft up the nala bed. Then a more or less horizontal yak path is met and followed south. It is quite good and perfectly easy, gradually climbing to the DEBONG LA in 2 (Approx 14,500'). Thence down to BULUNG, a place used by yak herds on occasion. There is an empty hut here, and a small lake, quite a good camping site. (in 3 1/2). Beyond this the path again climbs fairly steeply to the CHIGUP LA, (same approx height). Descent easy over open grassland to a small plain called CHIGUP NAGA, where there