Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1947-02-15 - 1947-02-20 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
1 page
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
SUMMARY:
Captions note Tying Tso from Re (15 Feb), Tying Chu on the march from Sangyü to Chahzam (17 Feb), and Betty on the cane bridge at Trulung (20 Feb). Detailed route description from Trulung to Tangdong via the Po Tsangpo–Tonghyuk Chu junction, with notes on terrain, cultivation, and livestock, and a bird (Horornis) recorded at Tangdong, 7000 ft, on 20 Feb 1947.
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Kodachrome 13.
Tying Tso from Re. 15/2
Orchid No 12191
Tying Chu on march Sangyü to Chahzam 17/2
Orchid No. 12191
Betty on Dring at Trulung. 20/2. 10 ft short.
Trulung to Tangdong. Downstream from Trulung for ½ mile to the dring or cane bridge. (In summer this is a few hundred yards lower down, on a high rock.) Path on left bank then narrow & stony. The junction of the Po Tsangpo with the Tonghyuk Chu is at m 1. Thence path climbs steeply over a pass, 1000 ft, at m 2 & drops easily to a side valley called Lungpo at m 2½, coming down from a snow peak to the North locally called Tsela Lungpo. From here ascent easy to cultivation at Tangdong m 3½. Where there are 5 houses. Barley & millet are grown, & turnips. Path is not fit for ponies, loaded or unloaded. There are fowls & cattle here. Milk available.
Bird .1. Horornis ♂ Brown Iris: Bill dark horn: Legs Brown. Tangdong 7000'. 20.2.47.
