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Alcesti de Righi Diary Entry Sunday, 20 August 1905
The morning breaks very fine. We are up by 4-30, and breakfast is disposed of by 5 o'clock. Down the valley towards Jongu we get a fine view of Pandum rising in all its majesty with nothing between us to mar its beauty. We get all away by 6-30 and hope as the day is so fine to get a good view from the Chunmol which lies about eight miles to the westward of us. We follow the river for about a mile up through a forest of pines, larches and rhododendrons, till we come to a large landslide. The path does not cross it but runs up its side and over its head. We are now out of the forest and on to the bare hillside. Away to our left are two tiny lakes almost hidden away in the mountain. We at last reach the enchanted lake. Here our extra loads were deposited yesterday and here they must remain till fetched to-morrow from our next camp, where we shall have to stop an extra day still, owing to the desertion of coolies.
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