Part 158 - Tsari river cataract and Podzo Sumdo plant list; Migyitun and Tso Kar notes

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SUMMARY:
Notes describe the Tsari river dropping rapidly like a cataract, with estimates of 500–600 ft per mile after leaving camp. A plant list is recorded at Podzo Sumdo (22 May), and observations at Migyitun note cultivation and a nearby holy lake Tso Kar, with black currants often epiphytic and biting insects common between there and Chick Kar.

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L. p. 96. Killing of newly born calves?
(offspring of "Dzos")

Tsari river falling at a tremendous pace.
For over a mile it was nothing but a
cataract confined to a narrow boulder
strewn bed.

Podzo Sumdo
22 May
Diapensia himalaica 1640
P. atrodentata 1641
spru. "tsariensis 1650
dictyoneura 1654
praealta 1658
glabra 1642
Lloydia tibetica 1645
Pedicularis roylei 1646
Rhod. tsangpoense var.
pruniflorum 1647

• Calostrotum 1649

• lopsangianum 1631
  Anthopogon 1653
  Caloxanthum 1656
  Vaccinium sikkimense 1644
  " nummularia 1655
  Sax. granulata 1659

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L. p. 98 I think the Tsari river must be dropping
500-600 ft per mile for the first mile after leaving camp.

At Migyitun the valley opens out & there is quite a lot of cultivation including barley, potatoes,
turnips etc. Half the inhabitants here are either pure Lobas or have Loba blood in them.
A large stream comes in from the North & 2 marches distant is a holy lake "Tso Kar".
Black currants abound between here & Chick Kar. A curious feature about the bushes
is that they are frequently epiphytic.
Biting midges, ticks, fleas, & of course a louse or two.