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26th May. Halt. Again mostly fine, but not clear, and showers through the day. I had a rotten night again; Omnopon made no difference at all to me. But this morning I had no fever at all and felt much better, so went out to the nearest cliffs into Ngudup. There we found a small Daphne shrub with reddish flowers (Daphne retusa 18973), an Androsace nearly out and of a very rich tone (Androsace strigillosa 18974), a fine cushion Saxifraga 18972 (Saxifraga stenophylla sp. nov.?), a small Berberis (Berberis parisepala 18975), and one or two other little things. But what pleased me most was that I saw a lot of another Primula, completely dry and not started in any way to start growth. This was on cliff ledges, or under jutting out rocks. There is a great deal of it and it is certainly a Soldanelloidae Section Primula. I guess it to be P. eburnea. It will not be in flower for 2 months, I'm sure.

Pasang and Mundrin were also out and got a few things; Pasang getting P. sikkimensis in full flower. That makes one think this bit where we are in camp must be very late for some reason: dryness, wind, or something else. I took the .410 out today and got a couple of snow pigeons. They are very tame, but would not line up to let me get several with one shot, so I enjoyed myself and took them flying. We have prepared our loads to go on with locals when we want to. The Sokpon will look after the rest for us here.

27th May. Halt. Rain and sun mixed, but never very heavy rain, nor for very long. We all went out together today up the valley to the West, I on pony back, the rest on foot. We left at 5:30 and were back at 3:30, with, on the whole, a very poor bag of flowers. But I certainly enjoyed it, and may have done so more than I should in consequence. We found no more Primulas, although we covered quite an area at the top limit of the firs. Up there, there should certainly by now have been P. glabra and P. pusilla, but I saw no sign of either, nor of any other than Calderiana (common), P. atrodentata (very common), and P. sikkimensis (just).

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Mec. simplicifolia Pangotang 30/5/49
Rhod. agglutinatum 19023 a drospa. Pangotang 31/5
Aster 19019 "
P. macrophylla & Caltha 19014 "
Gormotangha monastery. 5/6
Group of P. elongata & Calderiana under Rhod. Thomsonii shrubs. 6/6

Dufaycolour 8
1 Primula elongata 189 27/5
2 Prim. Calderiana white 18895 27/5
3 " " 27/5
4 " " 27/5
5 X X
6 X X
Dufay 7 & 8 (4 only) 10 in all. Sent together about May 31. See Below

B.W. 6.
1 Mec. simplicifolia Pangotang 30/5
2 Primula glabra " 31/5
3 " macrophylla & Caltha 19014 31/5
4 " alpicola var luna 4/6.
5 Gormotangha monastery 5/6
6 Mec. sinuata "
7 " " "
8 Lubsang la to Kankar punsum 8/6
9 " back comp. 8/6
10 Primula glabra 8/6
11 Anemone narcissiflora -
12 Lloydia serotina -

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1 Rhod. lanata? (18908) & P. elongata 28/5 (no filter)
2 Heads of various P. Calderiana or P. strumosa 28/5
3 " " with filter.
4 Mec. simplicifolia Pangotang. 30/5
5 X X
6 X X
See below

Dufaycolour 10
1 Rhododendron grande. Tolegang 19023 / 31/5
2 Aster 19019 " 31/5
3 Prim. glabra " "
4 " macrophylla & Caltha 19014 "
5 Rhod. cinnabarinum 1/6
6 " " 1/6

7. 8 & 9 & 10. sent 1/6.

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Tsona July 18th
Codonopsis ovata 682
Prim. atrodentata 684
Dracocephalum tanguticum 685
Meconopsis horridula 686

...their best to get rid of the British. Their agents have offered Rs 100,000 to the Tib. Govt. & more will undoubtedly be offered when the head of the mission arrives. It seems likely that there will be trouble.

Poor R.B. Norbu must be having a very hard time, as he is being openly asked to return by the Chinese. I do hope the T. Govt aren't such BFs as to make up with the Chinks again. Tobgye advises us to make the most of our time in Tibet this year as we won't get back here again. He says we could always revisit Bhutan another year if we wanted to. Our stay here has been quite pleasant if not very productive. But at any rate things are smoothed out for our next move on to Mago — the head waters of the Tawang Chu. We saw some of the snow peaks showing today, & looking very inviting. We are north of the main range here, but will have to cross back again in a day or two. That means more flowers & birds, but also much more rain. It is wonderful how unpleasant rain can be when it never stops.

To 19th July. THANG. 6 miles. Over the NYONGCHUNG LA.
(B.P. on Pass. 184.7° Temp 60°. Mean in Tsona 55°. $\therefore$ Height

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not to have a clear morning, but we still have 3 mornings, so may have a clear one. We went down the staircase leading to Gompo Ne today & took photos of the junction of the Po Tsangpo & the Kongbo Tsangpo. The gorge is fine, but the sides are only here & there perpendicular. There are two bridges over the Tsangpo - one at Gompo Ne & one about 1/2 mile downstream. Another is across the Po Tsangpo about 1/2 to 1 mile from the junction. We met two men who had come from Showa just to make the pilgrimage to Gompo Ne. They returned tonight, & brought with them the first rhodo. in flower, as I had asked them to. Tsompon will go down tomorrow. Betty & I have had enough climbing, & are resting for the return journey.

We ourselves found no rhodos in flower, but one other in seed.

I am again surprised at the vegetation here. One would think that this point, going down to Gompo Ne, would be a very wet place. But it is clothed in pine, oak, a few rhodos & other shrubs, & does not at all appear wet. The 'Carmine Cherry' is common & very beautiful.

This evening a man came up with coolies & stopped here & I had a long talk with him. He is a Bhutanese really & talks Bhutanese. He comes from close to Yortong & knows the Doshong La, Showa La, Sula & Dashing La. Asked about flowers, he was emphatic that there were many more on the Doshong La than any of the others. He has come up this time in a month, but describes his home as 8 days journey from here.

From the Doshong to Yortong is 8 days, only the first of which is at all difficult - like the path along the Po Tsangpo he said. The other seven are very easy. But he thought coolies might be difficult. Yortong he described as having 30 houses, but these people don't have their own houses as they do here. They get together & make one huge house in which many families live.

This man is under the 'Kutsap' of Showa whom he dislikes intensely. It seems that he owes him 8 dots & has no intention of paying. When he gets to Tangme, he thinks he will go back.

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Kodachrome 21.
Two Kongbas at Latsa. 13/4.
At the Temu La. 14/4. 18. 19. 20. 21
P. atrodentata. } 15/4 Sent from Dzeng. 16/4.
A Kongba with flute. }

14-15 Ap. Dzeng Some rain at night. Mostly cloudy.
15-16 Ap. Dzeng Some rain at night. Mostly cloudy.
16-17 Ap. Dzeng Some rain at night. Mostly cloudy.
17-18 Ap. Dzeng Bright & clear. Min 29°.
18-19 Ap. Dzeng Fine night. Fine but cloudy 19th.
19-20 Ap. Dzeng Rain at night. Fine but cloudy 20th.
20-21 Ap. Dzeng Rain at night. Fine but cloudy 21st.
21-22 Ap. Dzeng Rain at night. Rain by 3.0 pm.

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Betty, Jill, Joker at camp Dzeng. 18/4.
Up Tsangpo Dzeng 18/4
Up Tsangpo up hill 18/4.
Buddleia purple. 20/4.
Rhod. vellereum in forest behind Tse 20/4
Rhod. vellereum close up
Self photographing Rhod. vellereum 20/4.

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July 30 - Ludlow p. 70. Haben.
Views from the Chere La.
p. 71. We have decided to split. S.
will explore the base of the snowy
peaks overlooking Mago, while
I retrace my footsteps into the
Gorchu Valley, then ascend
to Lukuthang, a grazing ground
on the Tse La Range & on the
south face of it.

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Mago 2 Aug
Primula stictocana 751
Gentiana tubiflora 752
Gentiana phyllocalyx 753
Geranium collinum 754
Primula bryophila 801
Primula macrophylla 802
Primula pusilla 803
Lonicera parvifolia 805
Primula bella 806

with us, a few questions. He is a good sort, willing and able to give information about the country etc. etc. He hesitated to answer, and the others were heard to tell him not to tell us the names of camps and passes. Why, I cannot imagine. However he came back and whispered the names later, at the same time asking me not to say he had told me, when we returned to Mago. Leaving camp, there is a stiff climb of 500 ft up the nala bed. Then a more or less horizontal yak path is met and followed south. It is quite good and perfectly easy, gradually climbing to the DEBONG LA in 2 (Approx 14,500'). Thence down to BULUNG, a place used by yak herds on occasion. There is an empty hut here, and a small lake, quite a good camping site. (in 3 1/2). Beyond this the path again climbs fairly steeply to the CHIGUP LA, (same approx height). Descent easy over open grassland to a small plain called CHIGUP NAGA, where there

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