IDNO

DG.144879.SHP

Description

"B.J. Gould arriving on the Tremo La Pass into Bhutan.
Phari in the background. 14 August 38."

Place

S Asia; Tibet; Bhutan; Tremo La Pass; Phari

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Basil 'B. J.' Gould

Photographer

Shepheard, Ken

Collector / Expedition

Date

14 August 1938

Collection Name

Shepheard Collection

Source

Shepheard Rogers, Patricia

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: Noted in Shepheard's diary 'Some Notes of Ken Shepheard on his expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, in September - October 1938' pp.16,
"14 August 1938
Stayed in Phari and spent morning on an expedition to Bhutan border at Tremo La with H.H. and Gould looking for flowers.
Clouds and mist and views disappointing but little rain. Back for lunch.
Eidelweiss in mass for first time (between 15,000’ and 16,000’) and hundreds of other flowers.
Saw no game -- only yaks.
Had a look at Phari town and went over the Jhong (empty). Surprising collection of stuff including Yardley’s brilliantine, Italian cloth and English biscuits in tiny shops -- also meat, potatoes, tsamba and v-hard lumps of flour covered “cheese” sold as sweets.
Streets incredibly filthy and often above house level -- due? to accumulation of filth in paths raising their level.
No sanitation of any sort -- tiers often built out from houses and proceeds drop through hole in floor into street!
Barley and mustard under cultivation (about 20 acres?) but said not to ripen and used only as fodder.
Sufficient water for a division but runs in many small rivulets through and around the village -- needs canalising.
Many sites for landing grounds from Kampareb onwards throughout “Phari Dzong”.
Plenty of grazing but no fuel except yak dung." [JD 26/01/2020]

Named Person: "Sir Basil John Gould, CMG, CIE (29 December 1883 – 27 December 1956) was a British Political Officer in Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet from 1935 to 1945.
Known as "B.J.", Gould was born in Worcester Park, Surrey, to Charles and Mary Ellen Gould. He was educated at Winchester College and Oxford University. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1907.
Gould was a British Trade Agent in Gyantse, Tibet from 1912 to 1913. In 1912, the Dalai Lama asked that some "energetic and clever sons of respectable families" should be given "world-class educations at Oxford College, London". The Indian government decided that Gould, who was about to go on leave back to England, should guide the four young boys (known as the "Four Rugby Boys") on their journey to the United Kingdom and assist them during their first few weeks in England in April 1913.
In August 1936, Gould led a delegation to Lhasa to negotiate with the Tibetan government on the possibility of the 9th Panchen Lama's return to Tibet. Gould also discussed British military aid to Lhasa. Gould inquired about the creation of a British office in Lhasa, but the Tibetan government rejected this. Gould eventually departed Lhasa, but left behind his commercial representative, Hugh Richardson, who had been previously stationed in Gyantse. Richardson was equipped with a radio so Richardson could maintain contact with the British." [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Gould, JD 06/06/2020]