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CONTENT:
Sh. Aug. Prim. tenuiloba 395. Prim. pygmaeana of rev. 397. Prim. macrophylla 400. Prim. dickieana 401.
Prim. calderiana 412. Gentiana tubiflora 398, Gent. infelix 399. Diapensia himalaica v. typica 403,
Draba stella-aurea var. polyadena 406. Cyananthus spathulifolius 408, Sax. hispidula 410
Notholirion bulbuliferum 411. Cremanthodium thomsonii 414.
Time for heavy rain vs thunderstorm.
at Shingbe

5th August. I went up myself to a spot close to the Meba & took the flower photographing app. with me, & there collected & photographed 12 species. Before leaving camp, took a further eight. Then home & spent till 6.0 pm developing - a good 12 hours work. Heavy rain in the evening. There are some Tibetans here, whose remarks about my flower photography are amusing. They told our men, that it had rained hard till we came here, but that I was like a lama, & with my box of tricks was putting off the rain. They also thought the reason we were collecting butterflies was to take home & make new dyes for our clothes. The present dirtiness of our clothes may have warranted this remark.

at Shingbe
6th Aug. Fine from 6.0 am till 12.0 noon. Went up towards the Meba, & wandered about the hillside. I climbed up a rocky hill & found snow cock, but failed to shoot any. The day was completely spoilt for me by my discovering that Damong has been very lazy & has not been changing the drying paper. He has made an awful mess of all the fine flowers collected here. I haven't had time to check him, & he has taken advantage of that. It is a great disappointment to me. I thought he was a better man than that. I photographed a little Tibetan girl who is up here with some yakherds from Tibet. She is a pretty little thing,

Prim. capitata subsp. crispata 451
Aconitum 452 (aff. leucanthum)

SUMMARY:
The diarist, after a sleepless night, spends the day labelling and packing seeds and bulbs of lilies (including L. giganteum and L. wallichianum), notes a recovering Tibetan companion who will continue as far as Trashigong, and awaits mail. He reprimands Kurtip for distributing quinine, struggles with scarce coolies, sends on 20 loads, and records the next stage to Shali with a brief route note.

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Lilies. giganteum
Lil. wallichianum
Lil. karsum 1041
Notholirion bulbuliferum 717

had so many before as in my bed last night. How they got in I don't know, but from 11:00 pm on, I never got a wink of sleep. Spent the day labelling and packing up seeds and bulbs of L. giganteum, L. wallichianum and two other lilies 717 and 1041. Tibetan much better, and think beginning to enjoy life again. But he must come on with us tomorrow as far as Trashigong at least. No news of the mail yet.

When we left here for Sawa I gave Kurtip a 100-bottle of Quinine and told him to take 3 a day. After nine days I find only 38 left. Naturally was very angry with him. He had been giving them to various people round about. I would cheerfully leave all my money and clothes about and neither Kurtip nor any of the others would touch them. But medicine, especially quinine, is more than they can resist, and I suppose, should never be left in their charge. Coolies are scarce here, so we sent on 20 loads today. We go with the same lot again tomorrow. The small boys came up again for loads this morning, but were turned empty away.

11th October. To SHALI. 12 miles. Ht. 6349'. (BP 201.0 Temp 78°).
Path crosses the river just above the Dzong and climbs up the left bank. It is good nearly the whole way, but

SUMMARY:
From Dyuri the party followed the Dungma Chu, crossed to the left bank, ascended steeply to the Chera La, then descended to follow the Gorjo Chu and camped at Chira Chum, collecting several plants en route. They continued to Lap in the Gorchu Lap Valley, halted there while Sherriff went over the Bo La, and noted disappointment with the upper Tawang Chu area.

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Mago - 26th July
Notholirion bulbuliferum 717
Spiraea arcuata 718
Prim. bellidifolia 719
" atrodentata 721
Cypripedium himalaicum 722 - Himalayan
Prim. waltonii 724

Certainly a bit late, but this valley looks good. The other was too full of shale to be good. Path leaves Dyuri, following the Dungma Chu for 1½ miles, crossing it to the L. bank by a bridge. It then ascends very steeply through the jungle to the Chera La 3½ (about 13,411'). Descent on the south side very stony but not so steep. Then follow up the R. bank of the Gorjo Chu to camp at Chira Chum. Here there are two unoccupied huts, in a clearing. Grazing, water, fuel all good. Found a primula on the way down from the pass (Chera La), & another here. The latter is like the red one on the Nyuksang La or Orka La, but not so dark. It has a fine scent, & is a most beautiful flower. It rained all day from 9.0 am on, so again we had no idea what kind of country we were coming to. When the mist lifted, it looked promising ahead.

27th July. To LAP. Gorchu Lap Valley. 6 miles. 14,342'. B.P. 186.6° Temp 47°
196
Prim. pusilla var. flabellata 725
Lilium nanum 726
Swertia kingii 727
Ran path up the R. bank of the Gorjo Chu. Pass two shelters at Chumba.

28th July. Halt at Lap. Sherriff went over the Bo La.
NB
It is a great disappointment, after coming all this way to find that this upper Tawang Chu area is useless. At this height...

SUMMARY:
Notes record abundant Cyananthus lobatus below Chosam and, on Aug. 22, a gorgeous journey to Chickchar. The page mentions women leaving Chickchar for Yarob to avoid tempting monks, a monastery rebuilt at the expense of the Maharaja of Bhutan, and lists plant taxa with specimen numbers from Chickchar.

CONTENT:
L 173 Cyananthus lobatus perfectly beautiful
below Chosam in great abundance.

• next day - Aug. 22, a gorgeous
  sight all the way to Chickchar.

L 173-4 In a few weeks' time all the women of Chickchar
have to clear out of the village and go to Yarob lest they should
prove a temptation to the monks. The monastery was
burned down a few years ago, and I believe it was rebuilt at
the expense of the Maharaja of Bhutan.

Chickchar
P. tsariensis sp. nov. 2478 2483
" odontica sp. nov.
cocoon suspended from 2490
Gen. Otophora 2480
fistula 2487
Phyllocalyx 2488
Aconitum rotundifolium 2481
tsariense sp. nov. 2491
Lomatogonium chumbicum 2482
" spath. 2489
Notholirion bulbuliferum 2479