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SUMMARY:
The party halts at Chungkar, notes many Great Hornbills, and meets the Dzongpen of Jonghar, who previously reported on Tobgye to H.H. They march to Satsalor with views of the snows, collect primulas, lily bulbs, and seeds, send off letters and seeds, then proceed to Diwangiri in Assam by following and repeatedly fording a clear, mahseer-filled river.

CONTENT:
experts, if he wants money.

8th Nov. Halted Chungkar. Another perfect day after yesterday's rain. This place seemed so good for birds that we decided to halt an extra day here, and have one less in Diwangiri. The Dzongpen of Jonghar turned up in the evening. He is Tobgye's particular bête noire, but to us seemed decent enough. He once falsely reported the price of lac to H.H. and told the latter that Tobgye had been getting better prices than he had and had been pocketing half.

[Marginal notes: Ludlow p. 165. Birds: large numbers of the Great Hornbill below Chungkar, between Chungkar and Satsalor feeding on fruit.]

9th Nov. SATSALOR. 12 miles 3000'. A very fine day which gave us good views of the snows, the last we shall see this trip. Appropriately enough, the first primulas (on the cliff - 552 and 554) are at the first place from which the snows are visible. I found 2 more lily bulbs on the cliff, a few seeds, and four more heads of 552 seeds. A very pleasant camp down here — found a mail waiting for us too.

[Marginal notes: Pri. Sherriffae 552 and ludlowii 554. Lil. nepalense var. concolor 559.]

10th Nov. Halt Satsalor. Sent off a few letters and seeds.

11th Nov. DIWANGIRI (in Assam). 2500' 7 miles. Instead of the double climb up ridges, we were able to follow the river down till opposite Diwangiri, a very great blessing. The river has to be forded a dozen times or more, but that is now easy. Water beautifully clear and full of mahseer. Rained off and on most of last

SUMMARY:
Clear weather continues as seed collecting efforts focus on Primula species near Satsalor, with locals bringing unripe seed and successful finds of P. sherriffae and P. ludlowi on cliffs. The diarist notes the handover of previously ‘lost’ mail to Ludlow and plans to remain at Diwangiri until the 27th before proceeding to Rangiya.

CONTENT:
Same now. The nights are clear, starry, the mornings hot and sunny with clouds gradually gathering till the evening. Nothing of interest seen. I had a man here to collect seeds of Primula filipes, which he did. But as always happens, he collected them all when green. He had a good bunch, but I threw them away. They always say they know all about taking dry ripe seed, yet I don't think any local has yet collected ripe seed for me. Tomorrow we see the last glimpse of the snows on leaving here. This is where the 'lost' mail was handed over to Ludlow. All I can hear so far is that a boy handed the mail in here alright - the local mandal's story is that it just lay here till Ludlow arrived when he said he had this bag, did L want it now or not.

23rd November. Satsalor. Fine, same as before. We searched the cliff pretty thoroughly for seed of P. Sherriffae and Ludlowi and got a good deal. P. filipes is just coming into flower and no seed was to be found. Only saw one bird just near Satsalor. A good deal of transport, all coming up from the mela.

at Diwangiri until 27th November for Rangiya.