IDNO

DG.144895.SHP

Description

"Phari Rest House, left, and Post Office, right.
14 / 15 August '38."

Place

S Asia; Tibet; Phari

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Jack, Archibald (Archie) Frederick Maclean (Leuit., R.E.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

14 - 15 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”.
"15 August 1938
0730 left Phari on ponies that were almost too good. An off side back hander at a dog with designs on “Twister” resulted in disaster. The saddle slipped and the pony bolted and I landed flat on my back in the biggest of the many streams between the “Embassy” and the village.
Meanwhile Archie was out of control but won. A small boy retrieved saddle bags from the stream and another caught the pony and we were soon on our way again.
Choma Lhari refused to come out of the clouds properly but even
so the views from the Tang La -- a gently rising, open pass 15,219’ -- was magnificent in all directions.
Distances across the Tang Pun Sum Plain looked deceptively small.
Arrived Tuna 1500 hrs.
Water en route at Dak R.M. on the Plain (about 10,000 galls./hr). Water at Tuna from springs. N. of village at least 100,000 galls./hr
About 30 acres under cultivation (mustard and barley) but crops do not ripen and are used as fodder.
Fuel - yak dung only. Camp - unlimited." [JD 26/01/2020]