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The diarist travels from Changphu to Chumkarah and on to Pinshogong and Hach, crossing the Bhutan–Tibet boundary near Jangphu, aided by mules from the Trashigang Dzongpon. They collect more Albizzia sherriffii seeds, note fruit sent by the Dzongpon, observe otters, visit a new Dzong, and receive a warm welcome from Dzongpon Dopola while mail arrangements via Basu Pradhan remain unresolved. Weather is noted as improving after rain, with hot conditions in the valley.

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To Changphu
16th November, JAMGPHU. Rain yesterday evening and last night. Fine and bright today. Changed transport twice, but everything ready for us. It is a long climb up from the bridge to Jangphu, the last 2 miles being more or less level. Three mules were sent to meet us, but only for the level stretch, so we all had a good sweat. Hills much drier here, being barer and more cultivated. The boundary of Bhutan with Tibet is crossed 300 yards W of Jangphu — a small very insignificant little valley. Oranges I'm glad to say are ripe, or near enough so to be eaten, and are very good after a climb like today's.

To Chumkarah
17th November, Chumkarah. Clouded and a little rain at night: fine all day. We are getting almost too civilized now. People turn out to meet us, tea is produced by the roadside, and camping grounds are prepared. I would rather just be allowed to wander along. However it is nice to have the Trashigang Dzongpon's mules here to help us on our way. I have hardly ridden at all since we left Kalimpong in Feb. — only on 3 or 4 days for a short while. But here it is hot, and a mule will be very nice to have. Changed transport once again today.

I could not find the original tree of Albizzia Sherriffii, although I recognized the place, but took more seeds again today, so surely should have it by now. The Dzongpon sent some pears, bananas and oranges, which are just what the doctor ordered for this hot valley. I hear that there is still no mail in Trashigang, so again our arrangements have gone wrong, though why I cannot think. I wrote to PM Kumarikata Basu Pradhan in August, and Tobgye has forwarded our letters to the latter.

To Trashigong Dzong
18th November, Pinshogong. Fine and very hot. On the way, I spotted three otters having a great time in the river, always keeping together, and hunting for a few minutes, then joining up on to the hot sandy beach and rolling and playing about. Owing to a cliff I could not get very close, but took a tele-cine picture of them. Went and saw the new Dzong, which is a fine building and seems well designed. Then came on here about 3.0 pm, for a very warm welcome from the Dzongpon Dopola. Rained pretty hard at night.

19th November, Hach. Fine all day. Stayed in camp, and talked to the Dzongpon. He says the same

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The diarist reset a damaged aneroid using the known height of Singhi Dzong, endured rain, and recounts leech bites involving both the writer and Ludlow. On 18th August they went 2 miles to Narim Thang (13,900 ft), the path passing the Dzong through fir forest before a steep climb to the plateau with rhododendron but no fir.

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towering cliffs close in on all sides. We are just at the
end of the fir trees. Yesterday I dropped and displaced
part of the aneroid, but managed to get it right today:
only the readings will now not be continual, as I had
to reset to the known height of Singhi Dzong. A most
annoying thing to have happened. As soon as we
reached camp the rain came on hard, and it went on
all evening. Today I had what I hope will be
my last leech bite. He got through my long boots
somehow. When Ludlow saw it he rather laughed, and said I
should wear breeches, not shorts, then they wouldn't get at
me, and went on to say how lucky he had been with leeches.
However I had the laugh on him, as when he took his
boots and socks off, there was a fine fat one in his sock, which
had had its fill. A leech injects something first, to make the
blood run or keep it from coagulating, and this seems to
affect Ludlow more than me. It was some hours before the
bite stopped bleeding.

18th August. NARIM THANG. 2 miles. 13900'. Path passes the Dzong,
and keeps at first steep up through fir forest, some distance from
the Narim Thang river, on the R. bank. After 1/2 mile not so
steep, it climbs very steeply over open hillside to the
plateau of Narim Thang at m 2. Here there is ample
rhododendron wood but no fir. The plain of Narim Thang

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From Ganju Tang, the writer records a long march over the Rudo La from 5:00 am to 2:00 pm, with rain and mist on the east side and dry conditions on the west. They note more rhododendrons on the east and report collecting about 21 alpine flowers, including several Primula species and Diapensia.

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18th Rhod. list. sp. 18887.
glaucophyllum 18887
pendulum 18888
cinnabarinum 18889

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18th May Ganju Tang. A long march over the Rudo La taking from 5:00 am till 2:00 pm. I was lucky I had a mule which nobly carried me to the top of the pass with hardly a bit left out. We took from 5:00 till 10:00 to reach the pass, and it was through rain and mist all the way. Curiously, the mist disappeared on the west side. There had been no rain this side all day. It is obviously a much drier side, as the flora showed that. The East side is the one for Rhododendrons without a doubt. There are many more on that side. Primula elongata (18897) was not seen on the East. Primula hookeri not on the west. Altogether we got 21 flowers today, all nice. How pleasant to see alpines again after all the low muck I've seen for 2 weeks or more. Primula calderana (18890), elongata (18895), hookeri (18896) and smithiana (18900) were taken. Primula sikkimensis only in bud. We also got Diapensia (18891), but saw no Bry