Yatung. Comments that barley is now being reaped. Learning Tibetan through Tibetan story telling each evening with Tuin La, the official Tibetan writer in the Yatung office. Formerly court chamberlain to the Dalai Lama [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 7th 1927, Camp Yatung, page 1]. Went for a “lovely walk” up the side valleys around Yatung and took some photographs. States that on previous day he sent some photographs of the dancing at Tendoling Monastery: “I am anxious to see the results of my next lot of photos to see if my camera has been [?] damaged by its fall” [ibid., p.4]

Had the Tibetan Trade Agent, now Dzaza, to lunch with his wife [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 7th 1927, Camp Yatung, pages 2-3]

Yatung. Gave lunch to the Oracle (comments that he has previously sent a photograph of him and that there is a photograph of him prophesying in Ronaldshay’s book) [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 7th 1927, Camp Yatung, page 3]

Yatung. Mr and Mrs Bailey staying for lunch [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 14th 1927, page 1]

Yatung. Comments that the Bailey’s arrived back from Gyantse on this day and had 9 people to lunch - Odling and Mrs Odling, Mrs Coffey, Boscowen DSO, Vance, Dean and Hopkinson [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 14th 1927, page 1]. Monks of Kargyu came for annual [?]. Comments on Tibetan woman preparing hot water for her wash on banks of a nearby river [ibid., p.2]

Lunched with the Yatung Oracle at Galingka. Went with R. S. Wangdi [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 14th 1927, Camp Yatung, page 1]

Yating. Col and Mrs Tobin and Mrs Vaughn-Stevens arrived at Yatung [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 14th 1927, Camp Yatung, page 1]

Yatung. Col. and Mrs Tobin depart. Met Col. and Mrs Bailey at Kargyu and Dzaza Miru Gyalwa met them further down the valley and gave them a meal at Pipitang [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 16th 1927, Yatung, page 1]

Yatung. Writes journal [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 16th 1927, Yatung, page 2]

Yatung. Writes journal and comments on the array of missionaries and other travellers that have frequented the region, including Annie Taylor and Major Cairncross [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 28th 1927, Yatung, pages 1-6]

Yatung. Writes short journal entry about attempts at bear hunting [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 28th 1927, Yatung, page 1]

Yatung. Went for a picnic with the Baileys and Dean up a Kambu side-valley [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 30th 1927, pages 2-3]

Yatung. Lunched with the Dzaza who produced a bottle of 1911 Champagne, originally presented to him by Sir Charles Bell [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing August 30th 1927, Yatung, page 8]