Part 49 - Route notes along Mangde Chu and Wochen Chu with crop and spelling checks

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SUMMARY:
Notes mention local talk about the Coronation and cricket scores, and describe buckwheat and rice nearing ripeness. The writer records travel along the right bank of the Mangde Chu through a gorge with Prunus forest up to m 3 where the Wochen Chu enters, and includes a specimen note (Gent. loureirii 3011, 4000 ft) and spelling confirmations for place names.

CONTENT:
is of Bashaling. Most of the talk is of course about the Coronation, but it is nice to hear cricket scores again. The crops just now are all buckwheat, which will be ripe in a week or so, with the rice.

(Gent. loureirii 3011 4000ft)
(Crops: buckwheat, rice)

I'll remove the parentheses.

One more check: "Küngo Rapten". The 'u' has an umlaut.
"Kyi La" - correct.
"kazis" - correct.
"Bashaling" - correct.
"Mangde Chu" - correct.
"Wochen Chu" - correct.
"Pinus longifolia" - correct.
"Gent. loureirii" - correct.

I'll use "Prunus" for "primus".
I'll use "yards" for "x".
I'll use "mile" for "m".

Actually, I'll keep "m 3" etc. as they are clear.

Final check of the text flow.
"the R bank of the Mangde Chu, sometimes beside the river, sometimes climbing up 100 ft or so. The river flows through a gorge with steep sides. Path rather difficult. On the left bank there is good Prunus forest up till m 3. At m 3 a big nala comes in from a bearing of 250° M, called the Wochen Chu. The R bank of this is followed up for