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Notes that potted seedlings are unhealthy, some missing, and labels lost, possibly due to sheep. The party leaves Puitsogong for a camp on Yonpu La, briefly accompanied by the raja Tokpola; it is very cold with good views to Sangdo Pelri, and caravan size and coolie payments are recorded. The next day they halt at Yonpu La, enjoy clearer views, and the writer takes photographs and notes birds.

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in pots were not looking too healthy. A number have disappeared lately and some have died. I think our sheep get at them. Anyway I found that a good many labels had gone, and as the seedlings have died down, it is not easy to recognise them now.

2nd November. Camp on Yonpu La (summit of) 6 miles 8000' Rained slightly all morning. We left Puitsogong, and the raja (whose name is Tokpola - a Kurtip) came with us for a couple of miles. A pleasant camp, and a lovely place to be in clear weather, as the snow hills to the north, especially Sangdo Pelri are very well seen from here. For the height it is extraordinarily cold, about the same as Sahden at night. Our caravan is down to 48 men, but some did not carry full loads. All through Bhutan we have paid on the average 2 tenkhas a day per coolie. But the exchange we got was this year only 10 per rupee, as opposed to last year's 13 or 14. All travelling expenses for the last five months have worked out to little more than Rs 1000/-.

3rd Nov. Halted at Yonpu La. A very cold night and morning. It cleared up, and we got a pretty good view of the hills to the North.

(Film 16c, FP 7, Contax 14 finished) I went up the hill to the E of camp and took some photos, but no bearings. Had a good day with birds. Mostly a dull day, but clouds high to the north. Some mist. Fresh snow on hills as low as

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The diary describes a climb to about 8300 feet along a forested path near Yonpu La, where a lily resembling Lilium giganteum with red-streaked flowers was found. The party meets the Jongpen of Trashigong, who hosts them and plans to accompany them to Sakden, and they halt at Puntsogang to sort advance kit.

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The path climbs steadily to the top of the hill, about 8300', and then follows the contours for a mile or so, keeping along the west side. Between the chorten at the highest point, and another chorten near the Yonpu La, the jungle is dense. Up to the first point there were many rhododendrons, but then they give way to other trees and thick undergrowth along the level bit of the path. It was along here that we came across a fine lily, growing in the thick undergrowth under the trees. It grows like Lilium giganteum, and looks something like it too, but the flowers have red streaks inside them. I hope it may be a new one.

We were met here by the Jongpen of Trashigong. Wise man, he lives here rather than in Trashigong which is only 3500'. He has a nice, small Dzong here and small places for us. He has been most kind to us both here and before. It seems he will continue to be too, as he is doing all he can for our trek onwards. In fact he is coming on with us himself to Sakden on the frontiers.

28th June. Puntsogang HALT. We had to halt here a day to look through our advance kit, rearrange our...

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The diarist records goods bought at Tsela Dzong from the Dzongpon, listing prices for rice, atta, tsampa, gur, and chari in sangs per load or unit.

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Bought at Tsela Dzong from the Dzongpon: -
Rice at 75 sangs a load.
Atta at 33 sangs a load.
Tsampa at 33 sangs a load.
Gur at 11 sangs per lump of about 2 1/2 lbs.
Chari at 15 sangs per brick.

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Field notes record multiple alpine plant collections and seed gathering around Putrang La, including Codonopsis seed collected below Lhapso Dzong at about 11,000 feet on 31/03/1938. The diary also notes damage to baggage from donkey transport and a descent toward the Tsangpo amid poor transport arrangements.

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Putrang La
vellereum

3587. Rhododendron sp. E. side common from 15000' - 12500'. SEED taken.
3588. Androsace sp. E. side common from 14000 - 12000. SEED taken.
3589. Rhododendron sp. W. side common from about 16000' SEED taken.
      3586 A. Gentiana Waltoni. E. side common from 14 - 12000' SEED taken.
      No. no. Gentiana nubigena E. side. A very few seed taken.
3590. Codonopsis vinciflora E. side. A few SEED taken at about 12000'.

A few signs of P. Jaffreyana seen on the dry banks about 12000'. No seed seen.

3592. Primula atrodentata. Not yet in flower.

3591 A. Codonopsis vinciflora. SEED collected below Lhapso Dzong. 11000'. 31.3.38.

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Our baggage has suffered much during the past few days. The boxes in many cases have been smashed by donkey ropes colliding with each other or with rocks & boulders in narrow places.

Ludlow 26
Descent to Tsangpo

Bad transport arrangements

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The page contains Python import statements for pandas, numpy, matplotlib, seaborn, and plotly, including repeated initialization of Plotly's notebook mode. There is no diary narrative content.

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import plotly.express as px
import plotly.graph_objects as go
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