Part 55 - Sanga Choling diary entry with plant observations and local visit

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SUMMARY:
The diarist notes a slip into a river at camp without injury, records observations of Delphinium and gentians with altitude ranges, and recovers a previously lost fountain pen at Cyandro. A local couple visits, requests a photograph, and gives six eggs in return. The entry is set at Sanga Choling.

CONTENT:
for that by slipping on a rock and falling right into the
river at camp when starting off, but no damage done. A Delphinium gyalanum 7461
lot of a big Delphinium seen on the way down, but very Didissandra sericea 7462
little out yet. A great number of the fine big gentian grow near Ceratostigma minus 7463
Prims line the hillside above the path below Kyimpu, but I did
not see one. They grow much higher this side, from 11500' to
14000' or even 14500', whereas in the Changu Chu, I don't think I
saw them above 12000' at most. At Cyandro I lost a
fountain pen in May. I asked if it had been seen since,
and it was produced - a little bent, having been peered at by
many people no doubt, but otherwise all right. The sister
of the pretty S. Choling girl, and her husband, called here this afternoon.
Their first request was for a photograph: it seems to run in
the family. I got quite a good coloured one, which I gave
them, and they returned the compliment with 6 eggs, which I
suppose are taken from the villagers, and are almost certainly
all bad.

29th July. Sanga Choling. 10700'. 1