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SUMMARY:
Sherriff went up to the Chayul Valley, working around the Kashong La and Lung area, while the diarist collected Himalayan Crossbill specimens feeding on larch cones. Notes indicate a return to Tsona and travel to Sakden via Tawang, then to Dewangiri.

CONTENT:
Sherriff went up to the Chayul Valley to work round Ludlow Sherriff
the Kashong La, the Lung neighbourhood. Separate
I got lovely specimens of a bird I have been on the look out for
years - the Himalayan Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra himalayensis.
A number of them in mixed birch, silver fir & larch forest. They were
feeding almost entirely on the cones of the larch.
See Ibis. 348. T Aug. 6.

L. D. return to Tsona & from there to Sakden via Tawang - then
to Dewangiri.

SUMMARY:
Halt at Chayul; in the afternoon Danona and Fienduh arrived after traveling via Lo La and Bimbi La to Migyitun, reporting snow on the passes. Problems with headmen at Migyitun and Chuchar over demands for loshas, while seed collecting was largely successful though several desired gentians were unripe or snow-covered at Tsobumang, Zundali, Kyimpu, and Lo La.

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Chayul
2nd November. Halt: Another perfect day, clouded all night. Tsomp-
I walked about half way to Cyandro, expecting to meet Danona
Fienduh, but as there was no sign of them by 10, we returned,
and prepared to stay another day. However they turned up soon
after 2:00 pm, and we have got through all we had to here, and are
off tomorrow. As far as I have made out so far, they had
good weather to the Lo La, where there was an inch of snow.
When they left there snow fell heavily. They returned by
the Bimbi La, then down to Migyitun. There was no coolie
trouble anywhere but at Migyitun and Chuchar. Halt.
Migyitun has been arrested and taken to Kyimdong Dzong for
not paying rents. I'm not sorry, as they were snobs. The Chuchar
'sort' of a headman, who calls himself Dzongpen, demanded
loshas, and would produce no one unless they paid. Of seeds, they
seem to have got a good show and it includes most of the
wanted things with the exception of a number of badly
wanted gentians. The white C. from Tsobumang was under feet
of snow. The blue 2592 from Zundali was not ripe, the
little blue one from Kyimpu was never shown to them, and the
C. amoena from the Lo La is not ripe or all eaten by bugs.

SUMMARY:
Notes on flowering stages of Cyananthus and Primula, with some seeds of P. atrodentata collected. The party met a Bhutanese man with his family returning from Pemako, who spoke with Tenduk and described harsh conditions there. Entry made at Charme after a rainy night that cleared in the morning.

CONTENT:
taken before. Cyananthus will soon be fully out. At present it is just coming out here and there. P. sikkimensis is in masses half way up from here. I counted on one head 76 flowers. Mah Tsongpen here, who had no trouble on the way, but did not find very much either. The summer flowers are mostly getting over now, and the autumn ones are not yet out. Seeds are not ripe either, except P. atrodentata, of which I have taken some more.

We passed today a man and his wife and 4 children. He was a Bhutanese from Tjong who had gone to Pemako some years ago - with 2 children. He was frightfully glad to see his own countryman Tenduk, and had a long talk with him. Pemako he describes as pretty awful, rain and snow, and terrible passes, usually closed by snow. However the rain did not worry him much. He said he could easily stop that - "it is quite simple to stop rain or bring it on," he said. He is returning to his own land, and I hope he will be happy there; a nice man he was, with a very cheerful open face, with a nice looking wife and kids.

28th July. Charme. 10300' 7 miles. Rained all night but was just fine in the morning and the sun is shining here. I made up

SUMMARY:
At Charme Halt the party went downstream past Driu to Dru, crossing a rickety bridge and meeting local Lopas, and later received long-delayed mail sent via the Charme Dzongpen from Tsona. The next day was spent reading mail in camp, and on 1st October they moved to Kyimpu and collected seeds.

CONTENT:
recovering slowly, but still pretty meagre.

29th Sept. Charme Halt. We all went downstream past Driu, over to Dru.
Below Driu, the path drops about 400' to the river, where there is a
most rickety bridge of two planks. Raprang is 1 m further down on
the left bank. Local Lopas there told us that one could get
to Lung that day, but would not have time to return in the
same day. We met a most singular Lopa at the bridge, the
jungliest of the jungly. When pleased with anything, he pawed
one, just as an animal would do. His face was really
very like an ape's, and his manners not far removed. In the
afternoon, to our surprise, a mail arrived. The Charme
Dzongpen, a great friend, had sent a man to Tsona, who
found all our mail waiting there for us, and very kindly
brought it back and sent it on at once to us. From it
we realize that our outgoing mails were all held up by
Tsona for some time, so no one at home had had
letters for nearly three months.

30th Charme Halt. A fine day. Spent the day in camp reading mail.

1st October. Kyimpu. 6 miles. 12,000'. Fine all morning, some
rain in the evening. Collected seeds of P. pulchelloides, the big

SUMMARY:
The party reports porter issues over passports, which the lama Dzongpen reprimanded, and compares local wages with those of the Lhasa military forces. On 2nd July they traveled to Charme, changing coolies at Tankor, arriving by noon and finding conditions too dry for many flowers, with only a few plants collected and peaches still unripe.

CONTENT:
taken to the lama Dzongpen who told them off properly. Either the reason is because last year K. Ward, having no passport, gave them very much more than the normal, or it is just a try on. But I think it is due to K.W. because they have been always telling Tendup that we have no passport, so they won't take us. Actually we give them much more than any official ever would. A man driving Tapion for the Lhasa military forces for 1 shas for 2 days, whereas we give 2 shas a day.

2nd July. Charme. 10200' 11 miles. A perfect day, not nearly as hot as I had expected, as there was a strongish wind always blowing up the valley. We had to change coolies at the first village, Tankor, that rather delayed things, as only a few were ready. The last to be produced were old ladies of 60 or so. We were to change at the second village too, but there were no men there, so we did not, & arrived here at 12.0. Too dry to be any use for flowers. Only for one cotoneaster, one Lonicera?, & fern. The peaches here are very hard & unripe yet, and saw no gooseberries as we had hoped. When I paid the men - or rather women -

SUMMARY:
Entries describe 30–31 May at Charithang with fine then rainy weather, scarce birds, collection of Primula Kingii, and mail; guide Pintsho went to Yatung and returned with mules to prepare for the march. On 1 June they marched about 10 miles to Damthang, crossing Kyu La (14,150') and Ha La (13,950') in heavy rain; despite everyone getting wet, the kit stayed dry and women coolies carried comparable loads.

CONTENT:
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Berberis lasioclema (41) sp. nov.

30th May. Charithang. A fine day with no rain up to 4.0 p.m. Went
B.7. contd. Yaks up towards the pass, but birds very scarce. Collected some
going out to graze. specimens of Primula Kingii (6/12.40), half a mile above Charithang
Temporary huts on the left going up. They grow in very wet swampy ground.
erected for Pol. Off. Pintsho (the Bhutan Guide) left in the morning for Yatung, taking our post. Another
at Charithang mail reached us today, including a home mail.

31st May. Charithang. Both felt very slack today, so hardly went out
at all. Rain nearly all day. Pintsho returned with mules for our
B.7 all excellent march to Damthang tomorrow, so we packed up all kit & birds.
except butterflies.
Bhutan The mud plain (L.)
1st June. DAMTHANG. (The muddy meadow). 10 miles. An. ht. 10,300'. Map 9750'?
A collection of coolies, male & female, and mules turned up to
B.7. finished. take our transport to Damthang, & they started off at odd times.
Scenes at The last off, with us, left at 7.30. All were in here at 3.0 p.m.,
Charithang except one man who came in at 6.30. It was a lovely
as our transport morning, & we were armed with butterfly nets, besides flower
was leaving. presses & guns. But by the time we reached the Kyu La at
Close ups of types, 11.0, the rain had started. Kyu La is 14150' & a mile
woman carrying further on is the Ha La, 13950'. By then the rain was very
baby; women heavy, & remained so till 2.30. We were all pretty wet
coolies wearing by the time we got in, but the kit was kept pretty
various hats, dry by tarpaulins. Of the coolies, women even seemed to
taking snuff. take nearly the same load, & they came in together. The
B.8. As above ascent is not bad, & between the passes is a dip of
first 35 ft. 500 ft, mostly over stony ground pretty well covered