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SUMMARY:
Notes several Primula species near a small lake and along a route ascending to the Naszi La. Describes the path up the stream through rhododendron and fir forest, provides hypsometer readings on the pass, and lists magnetic bearings to nearby peaks including Chomolhari, Kula kangri, Black Mountain, and Wangchelakha.

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saw two primulas just coming to life, and further down, on the
cliff W of the little lake, 150x away, was another, whose dead
leaves looked like P. rotundifolia, but whose seed capsules were
like P. Cawdoriana. Another little primula is very common up
there - perhaps P. tenuiloba, while P. atrodentata is actually
in flower on the top. The route is roughly as follows:-
Proceed up the main stream for 1/2 m, then cross it to the right
bank, just above where a biggish valley enters from the South.
Keep up the left bank of this, through fir & rhododendron
forest. A pathway is cut all the way. About m 2 cross to the
R bank & keep on up the stream, through small rhododendron
bushes, the path gradually getting steeper. At m 3 it is level
for a 100x or so & turns left (E) keeping under cliffs on the
left hand. At m 3 1/2 a small lake is met, & just before this
the path climbs steeply up the last 400' to the Naszi La, at
m 4. The hypsometer readings on the pass were: B.P. 187.5°
Temp 38° Time 8.30 am. Mag. bearings to various peaks were:
Chomolhari 295°, Kula kangri 7°, and to the first (most northern)
peak of Black Mountain 160°. To Wangchelakha was 339° all
Mag. bearings. // The descent was amusing. By now the snow

SUMMARY:
Notes on unsuccessful searches for bird eggs near Black mountain, observations of Primula involucrata, and receipt of fresh vegetables from HM at Bumthang with a return letter mentioning Bumthang forests and George. On 23rd June at camp on Dungshinggang south of Nabzi La, fine weather accompanied a long collecting day with Tenduk, yielding few flowers but adding a primula (No. 3301), likely P. umbratilis, which was difficult to photograph.

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Black mountain - if we are not too early. All the coolies went out for blood pheasant's eggs today, but no result, except one woodcock's nest with four eggs. In this boggy meadow P. involucrata is common. It has a slight pink tinge. This evening a man arrived from HM at Bumthang, bearing a load of fresh vegetables - lettuce etc - a most welcome gift. I am sending him back tomorrow with a letter in which I have just mentioned the question of Bumthang forests, but have not said anything of George coming.

23rd June. Camp on Dungshinggang S of Nabzi La. 8 miles. Ht. 14000 app.
A most lovely day with not a drop of rain yet (5.0 pm). Clouded over of course after 7.30, but bright sunny patches all day. Still we have a very small collection of flowers - only two - although Tenduk and I were out from 6.0 am till 3.30 pm. But I never mind how few when the list of primulas is added to. Today we got No 3301, which we had seen last time just coming up, now in full flower, but rather scarce. It is a pretty primula, colour of P. macrophylla exactly, and growing in many ways very like P. Cawdoriana. It is a brute to get a photo of, as it won't keep still in the slightest breeze. I presume it is P. umbratilis, but

• SUMMARY:
  Notes a small patch of Primula tenuiloba on steep rocky cliffs, followed by observations of a Lerwa nest with five eggs and an Anthus nest with three eggs. At Mipa, records abundant primulas on hillsides, with Tenduk bringing specimens from Lhapu and a blue primula (2173) and another from Natrampa, and lists several Primula specimens (2137, 2173–2178).

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Ludlow

• P. alpestris 1831, 1833, Incarvillea lutea 1827 Prim. erosa 1832, = Ludlow at Kyimdong Dzong June 18th 96

P. tenuiloba 2172
P. tenuiloba 2172 in a small patch, where the cliffs are very steep & loose sharp rocks abound. It is a very pretty little thing. Huge flowers for its small leaves. Nothing more was seen till Mipa, in the flower line, but I walked on to a Lerwa's nest. It was under a very small Lonicera bush, shaded from rain, & only open from the downhill side, made of dried grass, & with a few feathers inside. Five eggs which took me 1 1/2 hours to blow, all with fledged chicks in them. A little further on I came across an Anthus nest with three eggs, perhaps A. hodgsoni? I did not take the eggs.

Mipa
Mipa is on a plain, with waterfalls coming down on all sides & a large heap of avalanche snow beside my camp below the hut. The hillsides above camp are liberally covered with primulas, in many places there is just moss with a primula shooting up every inch. P. Roylei (Calderiana), macrophylla, the blue purple one rather like Roylei & the bright claret are most common. Tenduk came in with the minute one found at Lhapu (2137) & the beautiful blue one which is just coming out everywhere 2173, & also the one Danu found at Natrampa. Two kept in a tin till it opened (2174). Tenduk found

P. rhodochroa 2137, 2177
P. Cawdoriana 2173
P. dickieana var. pantlingii 2174, 2178

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Notes compare Bimbi La plants with pinker flowers, report a good haul of Parnassius butterflies despite rain, and mention sightings of Babax waddelli and blackbirds. On 6 July at a camp on the north side of Drechung La (15000'), the route is described from the valley over a bridge, up a steep rhododendron-covered ascent to open hillside and along rocky slopes past yakherds; P. cawdoriana (specimen 2305) is common and fully out.

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the Bimbi La ones I am sure, in that the leaves have longer petioles and are much rounder and are cut up more. The flower is not so lilac, but pinker. Yesterday we got a good haul of Parnassius, but rain spoilt things today, rose only for 6. Some of these Laha ones should be good. I do not remember seeing the smaller one before. There were lots of Babax waddelli about at 14500 or so, some blackbirds too. Saw no other birds of any interest.

6th July. Camp N. side of Drechung La. 15000'. 8m. We had to go down the valley for a couple of miles - to the last house on the path, then turned south over the main stream by a bridge. Thence for five miles the ascent is very steep indeed, nearly all the way through thick rhododendron jungle. Then the open hillside is reached, and the path ascends for another mile. Thence slightly downhill, along steep rocky hillside, past a summer encampment of yakherds, round a spur to the second stream. Beyond this there is no wood available. Camping ground is not good; very little level space available.

Up here P. cawdoriana 2305 is common and is fully out, a beautiful little thing, with a big flower. There is any amount

SUMMARY:
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