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subject to heavy grade.
However it appears
that there is a local law
prohibiting carriages or autos,
Rickshaws, & sedan chairs or
dandies are the only means of
road transport.
[10] Hard rain was on last today.
Decent [illegible]
with
my Nepalese boy Tapu
thoroughly wet. We descended
the interjacket Observation Hill
to the Bhutia village which
dwings to the steep rutting.
The houses were not typical native
huts but perfectly flat ten pieces
of foil tents, etc. At one place
was another Tibetan temple
in charge of Lamas. Many prayer
flags were flying in the court
+ whole series of revolving
prayer wheels flanked the
entrance. The Lamas started the