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- 1935-11-27 (Creation)
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The page details travel along elephant tracks with difficult forest terrain, scarce water points, heavy leeches and flies, and coolies starting at 6:15 and arriving by 3:00 pm. On 27 April at Camp Galam in the Gale Chu valley, a 6-mile descent crosses a small nala and then the main Gale Chu, with notes on weather and river conditions.
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no proper path beyond this, but an elephant track leads straight along up this ridge, to m 6 where there is a small pool of bad water, used by elephants. Thence turn left handed & descend by elephant path through dense forest. At about m 7 1/2 a small side nala is reached, which contains good water most of the year round. A bad camp site, but the only place water is available. Leeches & dam-dum flies very bad indeed. Coolies started at 6.15, were in at 3.0 pm. These are poor coolies, who seem to have a good deal of fever, but the ascent is both hot & steep. Elephants must be very common indeed. Picked up one feather of the peacock pheasant, which are said to be common.
27th April. Camp Galam. (Gale Chu valley). 6 miles.
BP. 203.0° Temp. 71° Time 3.0 pm. Rained a good deal last night, but has been fine all day today. Path continues descent which is easy, through dense forest, following elephant path, to m 1 1/2 where a small nala is crossed. At m 2 the main Gale Chu is reached & crossed. It is a small river just now, easily
