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SUMMARY:
Listened to the Coronation broadcast by wireless with Puntso, Tenduk, and another Puntso from Ha, and prepared outgoing mail. Halted at Chendesi with heavy rain and collected rhododendrons, primulas, and conifers. Marched from Chendesi to Phobsikha with notes on weather, altitude, timing, route, and nearby cultivation.

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I don't know. The wireless behaved very well, and we have heard the whole Coronation show from 2.45 pm onwards – that is from the very beginning. We even heard the Oath taken by the King. Puntso and Tenduk were joined by the other Puntso from Ha, and all came into my tent and listened. I am sending off a mail on 14th, so have been writing a good deal this afternoon.

13th May. Halt Chendesi. 8000 ft. Fine till 2.0 pm, then very heavy rain and hail for a few hours. Overcast in the evening. Went up the forest to the south of Chendesi, and found Rhod. Thomsonii, Rhod. Keysii and a variation of Rhod. Falconeri (?). There are lots of Prim. erythrocarpa up that way in open fields and edges of forest. Took specimens of all the conifers seen. Packed up a mail, to be sent off tomorrow morning early.

14th May. Phobsikha 98 miles. BP. 193.8° Temp. 58° Time 4.30 pm. Ht. 10500 ft. Left Chendesi at 5.30 am, reached here at 2.0 pm. Very heavy rain yesterday evening and a good deal through the night. Clear this morning: rain began falling at 2.0 pm. Path leaves Chendesi and follows a rough bearing of 250° Magnetic. At first fairly steep, but on the whole easy, with a good deal of level going. It passed several cultivated areas on the hillside.

SUMMARY:
From Jonpuda near Trashigang the party proceeds 5 miles to Puntsogong, noting widespread jhooming fires and good wireless reception. Lumsden deals with many medical cases, while Ludlow collects three Pyrrhula erythaca. The Trashigang Dzongpen provides generous hospitality, including a new guest house; the party listens to a recording of the King's speech in the evening.

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the North. The three main peaks seen bear 356° 40', 358° & 1° 20' by compass from camp. Lumsden has a good deal to do now, many cases coming in. Today there were a few with leprosy but he cannot undertake treatment except for their sores. There is obviously no time for more. "Jhooming" is in full swing, at night one can see large patches of hillside ablaze, the valleys are always smoky, which rather spoils the views of the snows. The wireless has been very good lately.

Jonpuda near Trashigang
2nd March. Puntsogong 5 miles. Another beautiful day. Ludlow shot 3 Pyrrhula erythaca, very valuable birds. Trashigang Dzongpen has been very kind indeed to us, making every arrangement possible. He has built a magnificent guest house, in which we each have a room & there is a guest room as dining room. My place has a fine altar with 17 images of Buddha in it. There is a w.c. of Bhutan modern standard at one end—just a slit with a chute below to a hole in the ground—not too easy. We listened in to a record of the King's speech this evening at 7.0 pm, & heard