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SUMMARY:
Diary notes describe travel from Chosam to Senguthi with observations on terrain and vegetation, including early-season flowers. Medical events include Danang receiving a third dose of treatment and Lumsden extracting Pintso’s wisdom tooth, which caused a difficult night. The party halted on the 17th and then proceeded to Yarap on the 18th.

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Chosam to Senguthi
16th May. Senguthi. 4 miles. B.P. 188.4 Temp. 48° Time 4.30 pm.
Ht. 13198'. Path keeps up the left bank, almost level.
Pass Chosam, which has 20 houses, at mile 1, where there is a bridge over the Tsari Chu. Keep level to mile 3 where the path drops to the big open plain of Senguti. Here the valley is quite open, some hundreds of yards across of flat rather boggy ground. The hills both sides are covered with trees, on the south face chiefly juniper & rhododendron, on the north face abies & rhododendron.
There are signs of a good many flowers coming, but not much up, only a fine Adonis 1600 (Adonis brevistyla v. sutchuenensis 1600), & a little Gentian 1603 (Gentian bryoides 1603). Meconopsis will be in flower in a fortnight or so. Danang had his 3rd dose, & Lumsden pulled out one of Pintso's teeth, a wisdom tooth, & an overdose of the local anaesthetic gave him a very bad night today. I hope he recovers soon.

17th May. Halt. Went up nala to the NW of camp, but saw nothing out, but a solitary rhododendron here & there. Fine with a short shower.

18th May. Yarap. 10 m. B.P. 190.1 Temp. 60° Time 3.0 pm. Ht. 12550'.

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Notes record abundant Cyananthus lobatus below Chosam and, on Aug. 22, a gorgeous journey to Chickchar. The page mentions women leaving Chickchar for Yarob to avoid tempting monks, a monastery rebuilt at the expense of the Maharaja of Bhutan, and lists plant taxa with specimen numbers from Chickchar.

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L 173 Cyananthus lobatus perfectly beautiful
below Chosam in great abundance.

• next day - Aug. 22, a gorgeous
  sight all the way to Chickchar.

L 173-4 In a few weeks' time all the women of Chickchar
have to clear out of the village and go to Yarob lest they should
prove a temptation to the monks. The monastery was
burned down a few years ago, and I believe it was rebuilt at
the expense of the Maharaja of Bhutan.

Chickchar
P. tsariensis sp. nov. 2478 2483
" odontica sp. nov.
cocoon suspended from 2490
Gen. Otophora 2480
fistula 2487
Phyllocalyx 2488
Aconitum rotundifolium 2481
tsariense sp. nov. 2491
Lomatogonium chumbicum 2482
" spath. 2489
Notholirion bulbuliferum 2479

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Notes on receiving mail from Calcutta, ongoing photography with a small camera and limited use of the big camera at Dib La. Locals bring gifts; the Dzongpen of Lhuentse sends a man and has new bridges built over the Khoma and Kuru Chhu in expectation of a visit. On 30th Sept., the party returns to the main valley near Chorten Korra amid fair weather, though the monsoon persists and potted plants are not doing well.

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returned by last mail, from Calcutta. All are satisfactory, but I find it very hard indeed to place some of the views. Neither of us has bothered to carry about our big cameras, but I have a Contax with me always, and have a fair collection of snapshots and views, though for the latter, the big camera is preferable. Since we left I have only taken three film packs with it, and nearly the whole of one of them was the other day from the Dib La. We are rather worried by people bringing up presents of fruit and maize: sometimes two come in a day. Today the Dzongpen of Lhuentse sent a man. They had heard we would go there and so had made completely new bridges over the Khoma and Kuru Chhu. How they must curse us sometimes. There is no sign of the end of the monsoon even yet, we have rain daily, though it is fine for most of the day and the jungle except in the morning is reasonably dry. Sent a post off this morning.

30th Sept. CHORTEN KORRA 4 miles 5825'.
Returned to the main valley again. Weather fair till the evening: pretty hot here, but there is a good breeze up the valley all day. The potted plants are not looking too well. They have been in a dark

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The party halted at Chorten Kora in Trashiyangsi, noting abundant cosmos flowers and a falling river; Damong departed with two men for the Me La, and Ramzana caught a Kalij pheasant. On 2 October they ascended to Sana (c. 8397 ft), with most coolies arriving shortly after, amid changing weather.

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(see Me La)
Place above grown too much dhobi wash. Damong leaves tomorrow for the Me La - shall return in a week's time. We go to Sana on 2nd. Saw little on the way down. Ramzana caught a Kalij pheasant in the crops on the way down.

(Trashiyangsi)
(Selaginella chrysocaulos 993)
(Lycopodium cancellatum 995)
(Lindsaya cultrata 997)
(Woodwardia unigemmata 998)

1st October. Halted. Chorten Kora. A lovely morning, bright and clear. Clouded over by 10.30. Took some photos, ordinary photos of the Chorten, which was particularly nice just now. It is surrounded by masses of cosmos growing wild. The flowers seem to do very well indeed, being very profuse and big. The Trashiyangsi river too looked very pretty both up and down. It is beginning to fall slightly, which is a hopeful sign. Damong went off with two men to the Me La. Rained a little in the afternoon, but cleared up for a beautiful evening. Every few hours someone comes up to give us some flowers, ferns, fruit, vegetables or something - a great deal possibly out of pure kindness, but also to get a tankha or two. Empty cigarette tins, bottles and so on are worth a lot of money.

(386 n.)
2nd October. SANA. ascended to 13 miles. 8397' (BP. 197.0 Temp 60°). Left at 7.30, in at 2.0 pm, most of the coolies reaching here just behind us. A lovely day in the early morning, clouded over by 9.30 and rain by...

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Arrangements for transport were secured via clerks in the absence of a Dzongpon or Drunyer, and Pedong Dorje plans to accompany the party to Trigu. On 14 May they marched 13 miles to Chong gye Dzong in intense heat, noted extreme dryness in the valley, passed a large wall of chortens, and recorded that the old Dzong is the birthplace of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama; plans were made to reach Trigu in two days.

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on, eventually a kind of dayig was given me, and transport was promised. All was done by 3 clerks, as there is no Dzongpon and even the Drunyer has gone, so no seal could be put on the paper, but all seems well. Pedong Dorje insists on coming with us to Trigu.

14th May. Chong gye Dzong 13 miles. A good day, but very hot indeed and difficult for Jill. Transport was late, but we got off at 7:30 and were in by 2:15 pm. The valley is very dry indeed. There is no water in the river at all, none in any irrigation channels and only a little in wells. The whole valley is broad and full of cultivation. I have never seen so much in Tibet before - even near Gyantse. About mile 7 we passed a small village with a huge wall of chortens all joined together, each about 6 ft square and perhaps 10-12 ft tall. There were supposed to be 108 chortens. I counted more than that. Here the old Dzong is perched on a ridge and consists of several buildings joined together by bridges. This is the birthplace of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama. All seems set for tomorrow's march, which could be done in one to Trigu. But I intend to go in two days. As usual, there is no Dzongpon. Every Dzongpon has been called to Lhasa, and only tsapos or clerks are left. But I don'

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Entries for 18–22 August describe halts at Chomo Dzong and Kyabden, poor weather, and a short march crossing the Nyang Chu in four coracles. Taylor became seriously ill at Kyabden (suspected appendicitis or gastric ulcer), prompting messages to Lhasa for help and to call Ludlow; he later improved.

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again very slow indeed. Left at 6.30 am, last coolies in at 6.00 pm. Again very little seen. Primula latisecta common a few miles up the valley from here. Seed not yet ripe. A large monastery here, & considerable cultivation. Crops just about to be harvested, some barley already cut & in.

18th August. Halt. Chomo Dzong. Wet a good deal of the day.

19th August. Kyabden. 5 miles. Fine with showers. We crossed the Nyang Chu opposite Chomo Dzong in four kowas, the stream is in two channels very swift. Path up N bank good & easy, though swampy in places. No villages passed till camp reached.

20th August. Halt. Kyabden. Taylor has been very ill here, with some unknown complaint. So much so that I sent off to Lhasa for help if possible, also to call Ludlow. It appeared to be appendicitis, with awful pains, nausea, vomiting & a high rate of pulse.

21st August. Halt. Kyabden.

22nd August. Halt. Kyabden. This went on till yesterday evening, when after vomiting, he said he was all right, & that the pains had gone. Shortly before this the pain seemed to have localized to the left of the navel. What it has been I don't know, though I should think a gastric ulcer is possible. He is ever so much better today, & I have sent off to

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The diarist records finding three beautiful primulas growing under overhanging rocks near the CHO LA/Tulung La and photographing them despite late-afternoon mist. The route is said not to have been previously travelled by Europeans and is famed as the path by which Lobpön Rimpoché entered Tibet from India, with a note that CHO LA should likely be written as CHÖ.

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from Tsona to Dongkar were here. Besides M. horridula there were a number of the Tulung La little meconopsis. Two gentians were in seed and were collected on the CHO LA. Down this side we both thought of Prim. eburnea, and within a few minutes came across it. It was growing in a typical situation, under overhanging rocks and in clefts of rocks. It is certainly a beauty. Beside it, in even more pronounced clefts and more under overhanging rocks, was a, to us, new primula. It is also a beauty, very delicate and very sweet scented. It looks like a greenhouse cineraria. With these two again in similar situations, was a third primula — the Seti primula collected on the way to Mago. All three are beauties and all three grow in the same habitat. I took photos of all, but it was late — 4:00 pm by our time — and the mist was low which was very difficult. Results reasonably good.

For other reasons this is an interesting route. It has not been travelled before by Europeans. It is famed as the route by which Lobpön Rimpoché entered Tibet from India when he introduced Buddhism to Tibet. He stopped between the CHO LAs. For that reason the CHO LA should probably be written CHÖ, meaning "religious".