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- 1947-01-13 (Creation)
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Notes describe the lake’s depth and local supplies, followed by entries for 14–18 Feb covering warming weather, fishing results, and moves between Sangyü, Chakzam, and Trulung. A shikari with Laku and Sandup searched for a large bird called 'tse' without success, Bob took the low river road, and a very hot spring was found among riverside boulders.
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The lake as it is at present is about 2 1/2 miles long in a straight line. Probably this is extended by another 4 to 5 miles in the summer. Supplies have been fairly easily obtainable here. Wheat flour is available in small quantities always, price about 1 sang per 'tre' (15 tres to a bo). There is no rice, but 'tse tse' (millet) is available in its place. Potatoes good but not plentiful. Turnips any amount. Barley rather scarce, considering the amount which seems to be grown round about. Peas not available. We have been very glad to be able to get as much honey as we want. We have been paying about 10 sangs for 2 lbs or so, and it is very good stuff. Every house has a bee hive or two, which are made from a section of a tree trunk. The lake, measured today, is 33 feet deep where the river goes out at the E. end. Further up, about 300x, it is 40 ft deep. About 500x W from the Eastern end, the depth is 76' in the middle.
14th-15th Feb. Halt. Weather getting warmer. Fish have begun to take - 5 were caught on 14th, but none took on 15th.
16th Feb. Sangyü. This camp is really about 4 miles beyond Sangyü, where a few houses are occupied. Here there are no inhabitants at all. It tried to rain all day, but held off, except for occasional spitting, till the evening. Saw nothing of any interest on the way, there appears to be little advance in anything as yet.
17th Feb. Chakzam. Rained a good deal last night. Fine most of today, but clouded again spitting off & on. Very warm. Nothing seen on the road, but there are signs that some things are moving, though the big Rhodo is not nearly in flower. A shikari with us said he thought he could find a bird he called 'tse' which was bigger than a monal. He, Laku & Sandup went off to look for it but found nothing. It is said to be so big that 7 form a man's load. Ludlow has heard before of this bird.
18th Feb. Trulung. Unsettled day. Took 6 1/2 hours on the march. Bob went by the river on the low road, which we had not been by before. We found, among the boulders beside the river (under water in summer) a hot spring, so hot that one could not touch the water. It was, in fact bubbling out with some force in two
