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SUMMARY:
Notes from Kangla and Narim Thang describe heavy rain, few birds, and generally poor collecting, though masses of Primula eburnea were found under rocks near a lake on the way to a pass. The party leaves the Zimpon, observes hanging glaciers, a flock of grandalas, and common snow partridges, and records several plant specimens.

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18 Aug. Kangla. Cremanthodium cf. linearis 471, Aconitum spicatum 473, Delphin. caeruleum 474, Cremanthodium palmatum var. Benthamii 475, Prim. eburnea 476, Mecon. aculeata 477, Prim. involucrata 479, Prim. glomerata 480, Polygonum forrestii 481.
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varies between 100 & 300 yards broad, extends for over half a mile up the valley. 11. We left the Zimpon today: he has done a great deal for us one way & another, was a pleasant man. We fear we have come to rather a poor place for our last fortnight. There seem to be very few birds about, & so far today I have only found rather uninteresting flowers. But Cooper was the same, till suddenly he came across Primula eburnea & P. oreina, both growing here. I think we may possibly be too late for them, but will have a good look anyway. Just fine in the morning, mist & rain all afternoon.

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View from Singhi Dzong.
Women coolies choosing Woolworth necklaces.

Camp at Narim Thang
19th August. Halt at Narim Thang. A fine morning at 5.0 am. But almost immediately the clouds began to gather, & by 11.0 it was raining hard, with mist right down over the camp & everywhere. Ludlow & I went up to the lake on the way to the Pass. We were disappointed to find no birds & no flowers. However we wandered about, & came across masses of Primula eburnea - certainly a beauty. It grows only under rocks, sheltered from wind & rain but open to the sun. I also found higher up a few other flowers of no great interest. At the highest point I went to, among the cliffs, I shot two grandalas, beautiful birds. It is very cold here & raw.

Kangla
Prim. eburnea
Prim. pusilla 483
" dryadifolia 485
Hanging glaciers everywhere
flock of grandalas
Snow partridges common

Narim Thang
21st Aug. The rain here is perfectly awful. If we are

SUMMARY:
The diarist describes difficult seed and bulb collection of taxa 552, 553 (Nephelium lancifolium), and 554 on sheer cliffs near Main Thang, with Danong retrieving a few bulbs and pods. Preparations for HH's visit are widespread, with huts, rice, and livestock being assembled, and concerns raised about how HH will finance trips and use forestry resources, noting Bhutanese training at the Forest Department in Dehra Dun and Tobgye's efforts.

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S sends Kuntip to Main Thang to collect seeds Prim. eburnea

We could however not find one seed of 554, and although there were lots of seed pods of 552, most of them were last year's. However we collected about 30 heads. It grows in the most impossible places, on sheer cliff, just hanging on to 1/2" of moss, which is now absolutely dried up. I took a few of the plants of both 552 and 554. The lily (Nephelium lancifolium (553)) was even harder to get. We could see it nowhere at first, but eventually saw a few. Danong with great difficulty got three bulbs and two seed pods. A few others were seen, but we could not possibly reach them without a rope.

Preparations are everywhere in evidence for HH's visit. Huts are being put up for his men, rice is pouring in from all quarters, and the local official has 20 sheep and 6 pigs all ready as a present. What HH is going to do with all this stuff I can't imagine. And how he is going to pay for his trip is also difficult to see. This one may be alright, but this will lead to more, and the country cannot stand more, unless HH does something to enrich it. His easiest way is probably through his forests. Tobgye started off well by getting some Bhutanese trained in the Forest Dept at Dehra Dun. But HH makes no use of them. He must have in some British

SUMMARY:
The diarist records finding three beautiful primulas growing under overhanging rocks near the CHO LA/Tulung La and photographing them despite late-afternoon mist. The route is said not to have been previously travelled by Europeans and is famed as the path by which Lobpön Rimpoché entered Tibet from India, with a note that CHO LA should likely be written as CHÖ.

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from Tsona to Dongkar were here. Besides M. horridula there were a number of the Tulung La little meconopsis. Two gentians were in seed and were collected on the CHO LA. Down this side we both thought of Prim. eburnea, and within a few minutes came across it. It was growing in a typical situation, under overhanging rocks and in clefts of rocks. It is certainly a beauty. Beside it, in even more pronounced clefts and more under overhanging rocks, was a, to us, new primula. It is also a beauty, very delicate and very sweet scented. It looks like a greenhouse cineraria. With these two again in similar situations, was a third primula — the Seti primula collected on the way to Mago. All three are beauties and all three grow in the same habitat. I took photos of all, but it was late — 4:00 pm by our time — and the mist was low which was very difficult. Results reasonably good.

For other reasons this is an interesting route. It has not been travelled before by Europeans. It is famed as the route by which Lobpön Rimpoché entered Tibet from India when he introduced Buddhism to Tibet. He stopped between the CHO LAs. For that reason the CHO LA should probably be written CHÖ, meaning "religious".