Dinner with Tsarong - saw Tsarong’s ‘little cinema’ [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 83 & 85]. Mastiff pup (’Tombu’) arrived in evening [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 84]. Requests more books from parents [ibid.]

Lunch with un-named official [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 83]

Nechung Oracle visits - HR invited him to lunch. Gave a 9 course lunch cooked by Dawa, HR’s bearer. Never eaten with anyone before, nor any previous oracle [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 86]

Invited to dinner by an un-named official [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 88]

Continues letter to parents [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 87]. Comments that he has heard Gould is leaving in May or June so HR will probably be in charge of Sikkim as well as Gyantse [ibid.]. Comments that he is teaching Tendong Shapes son English [ibid.]

Writes to parents describing the day’s Scapegoat ceremonies - Lugong - near the Cathedral [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 89]. Resumes writing Diary for MissionStates went to Jokhang [referred to here as Suk-lha-khang (Cathedral) at about 2pm to see the lugang or scapegoat ceremony - description in diary [Ms Or Richardson 32 folio 147-8]

Writes description of Sertreng festival to parents [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 90]. Describes also the “great thrill” of being taken to see the Oracle going into tranceWrites long description in Mission Diary - went at 9am to see the Tso-Cho Ser-pang ‘the Kashag are seated in a tent on the south side of the open space in front of the Parkhang, the Government printing office, and all around are officials and spectators’ [Ms Or Richardson 32 folio 147] HER was privileged to go to a verandah in the Sho office and see the Oracle going into a trance preparatory to taking his part in the ceremony .... The Oracle is seated on a throne at one end of the verandah

Tsarong and Jigmes come to lunch. Nechung Oracle visited Kundeling Monastery near Dekyi Lingka - HR went to see their private ceremony to prophesy the Incarnation [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 91] See Mission Diary [Ms Or Richardson 32 folio 148]

Lunch at Ragashar’s LUNCH AT RAGASHAR’S WITH TARING RAJA AND WIFE [MS Or Richardson 32 folio 148]

Lunch with ‘the Kung’ . Writes to parents [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 95]LUNCH WITH YAPSHI KUNG [MS Or Richardson 32 folio 148]

Writes to parents [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 96]

Visits Nechung Oracle for lunch 12-4pm [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 96]VISITS NECHUNG [MS Or Richardson 32 folio 148-9]

Worked on budgets etc. Wrote to parents [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 97]

Lunch with Tsarong and to visit Trisum Sampa being built by him outside Lhasa [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 97]TRISUM SAMPA FOR LUNCH WITH TSARONG [MS Or Richardson 32 folio 149]

Writes to parents [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 98]

Writes to parents [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 99]

Called on “one of our guides who has been promoted” [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 101]