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SUMMARY:
At Laba on the north side of Potrang La, the diarist reports a broken cine camera and scarce flowering, lamenting missed photographic plans between Tsona and Dirang Dzong. The next day they cross Potrang La to Lhaguari amid a blizzard and, at the request of the Jetsun Kusho, move from a planned campsite at the Lingka to quarters at the Gompa, also noting bird observations along the route.

CONTENT:
7th May. Laba on North side of Potrang La. 15,000'. Some rain last night. Bright with clouds most of today, with storms round about, but none here so far.

A minor tragedy happened yesterday, when the cine camera went bust - the mainspring I think. I was sorry enough to have to come back without all the flower photos hoped for, having at last got as many films as I could possibly want. But I had planned to get many interesting photos between Tsona and Dirang Dzong. Now I will take back 60 unused films. There is again very little in flower here. The hillside is covered with Rhododendron vellereum, but they have all been caught in a hail storm. Primula atrodentata, calderiana and pumilio are all in flower.

8th May. Lhaguari. Left at 7:00, got in at 1:00 pm. It was a very still night and I should think there were only 3-4 degrees of frost at night and it was fairly clear this morning. We took about an hour to reach the pass, and as we got to the top a real blizzard started, blowing hard up the south side. This lasted for about an hour and a half when it cleared up, but there were heavy storms all round for the rest of the day. We got in at 1:00 pm and were just about to choose a campsite at the Lingka, when the local clerk came down and said we were asked by the Jetsun Kusho to go to the Gompa. I foolishly agreed, so here we are, stuck in clean, but cold and extremely uncomfortable quarters, with little privacy. One should never leave the comfort and privacy of one's tent. Although they say here that we will get off tomorrow, I have no doubt at all that we will at least not get off till midday. On the North side of the Potrang La there were a great many blackbirds. We have had albocinctus all the way up from Kongbo, but he left us at Lenda, though there were a few at Lhapso. His place is taken by maximus at high altitudes now. He was very common from 15,500' - 16,500'. There were also at least 6 pairs of snow cock, very tame. Crossoptilon were up to 15,500' and mixed up with all of them were

SUMMARY:
List of Primula specimens with numbers, determinations, and notes such as seed-only, sections, and cross-references. Localities recorded include several Himalayan passes and a lake.

CONTENT:
PRIMULA NUMBERS.

3580 ✓ Primula gracilipes. Jelep La. Cunninghamii Craib. 1 P
3583 o " tibetica 2
3585 o " Phasaensis. SEED only. Yamdrok Tso.
3592 ✓ " atrodentata
3602 o " Florindae. " " Kongbo Nga La. S

3603. o " atrodentata " " 3. D
3604. o " pumilio " " 4.
      3611 ✓ " Roylei. Lang La. 5. P
      3612 ✓ " atrodentata " d
      3616 o " macrophylla SEED only " N
      3633 o " glabra. Lo La. 6
      3636 ✓ " atrodentata? " 7 d
      3637 ✓ " vernicosa. " 8 P
      3640 o " sp. nov.? Clutterbuckii?? " 9
      3647 ✓ " Bryocarpum himalaicum -
      3648 ✓ " " Pet. Sect. yellow sp. nov. 10 P
      3649 ✓ " Cortusoides Sect. Pet. lacerata 11 P
      3650 o " Normaniana 12
      3671 ✓ " Boothii. gracilipes Nyng La 13 P
3605. ✓ " sp. Pet. Sect. aff. Griffithii. " 14 P
      3700 o " Normaniana. "
3606. ✓ " Cortusoides sect. " p
3607. ✓ " Boothii = 3671. gracilipes " p
      3745 ✓ " sp. Pet Sect. aff. Griffithii. Lo La p
      3746 ✓ " " " " fruit spec. " p
3608. ✓ " sp. Pet Sect. sp nov. yellow = 3648 " p
      3756 o " sp nov. = 3640. "

SUMMARY:
The party reports delays due to missing loads and exhausted coolies while aiming for Nang Dzong. On 2nd April they march to TROMDA in rain and snow; Puitso catches up after spending the night on the road, and the route is noted for sandy paths, a spur crossing, and vegetation including pines, rhododendrons, and Primula species in side valleys.

CONTENT:
They are all of poor physique & some are lunatics: most seem to be diseased. We should have got to Nang Dzong in two days; now it will take at least three, but it was worse going on today, with 15 loads not yet arrived & the coolies very tired. The valley is rather drier here, we saw no pines on the hills after the first two miles, but they are covered with shrubs, not yet in flower, though showing green here & there.

2nd April. To TROMDA. 6 miles. 10800'
A clouded day, with rain & snow for an hour even in the valley, clearing up later. Puitso did not get off till after dark last night, & himself arrived at Rabdang just after we had left this morning. He spent the night on the road. We left at 6.45 & got in at 9.30 am. with the same coolies. There is a good deal of sand on the path, but it is not so much up & down, with the exception of one spur crossed at mile 2. No flowers on the way, but I saw a few heads of Primula pumilio here - a species just coming into flower. The hills again have pines on the north faces & also rhododendrons. On the way here one passes some small side valleys with water, & they all seem to have a primula growing in them. P. sikkimensis is there, but there is another also, which appears to be P. microdonta,

SUMMARY:
Records Primula pumilio and a Viola species near Tromda, followed by notes on the easy 16-mile route along the right bank to Nang Dz, which stands on a rock with cultivation and some stores. Mentions passing a village halfway and seeing Thunkang on the left bank, noted as the birthplace of the old Dalai Lama.

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3596. Primula pumilio seen on a water channel bank in Tromda, just coming into flower.

3597. Viola sp. Tromda.

TROMDA to NANG DZ. 16m. The road is easy the whole way, just fit for pony transport, though coolies are usually supplied. The river here is pretty straight and the path follows the R. bank all the way. A small village is passed about half way, but otherwise all cultivation is on the L. bank. Every mile or two a few sand dunes are crossed. Nang Dz stands on top of a rock 500 ft above the river (river here makes a big bend northwards). There is considerable cultivation and some stores are available.

Ludlow p. 29.
about 6-7 miles from Tromda we saw on the left bank the village of Thunkang - the birthplace of the old Dalai Lama - etc.