Travelled from Gautsa to Camp Phari (10 miles) [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 8th 1927, Camp Phari, page 1]

Left Yatung to travel to Gyantse. Stayed overnight at Gautsa [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 8th 1927, Camp Phari, page 1]

Reaches Gyantse [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 18th 1927, Gyantse, page 1]. Mentions Mulligan, the new Doctor [ibid., p.2]

Gyantse - The Tering Raja and his two sons Jigme (aged 20) and Shime (aged 15) came to lunch. Gives brief account of the father and his sons. “One of his [Tering Raja’s} hobbies is colouring photos, and he did one of the D. L. [Dalai Lama], which is the frontispiece of Sr C. Bell’s Book” [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 18th 1927, Gyantse, pages 2-4]

Visited the Chu Nulla: “All Gyantse including the monastery was lighted up with little fairy lamps - an annual ceremony - a v. pretty effect, and all the children were singing songs on the roofs” [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 18th 1927, Gyantse, page 4].

Gyantse. Sepoys and others practising for Christmas Day sports, including tent pegging. Recently visited by Kyibu, brother of the Chief of Telegraphs at Lhasa [old Rugbeian] [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 24th 1927, Gyantse, page 1]. Watched four boys playing “knucklebones” [ibid., p.3]. Went to the ice at the Fort pond [ibid., p. 8]. “I enclose some photos from Gertie Wright” [ibid., p. 10]

Visited Gyantse Civil Hospital with Dr Mulligan - increasing the number of outpatients; mainly from Kham and Shigatse [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 24th 1927, Gyantse, page 2]

Comments that Christmas Day sports activities commenced at 10 a.m. with a tent set-up on the polo ground. Describes events. Before lunch Hopkinson presented Wangdi with his official insignia of Rai Sahib. Gave lunch to 21 guests, including the Khenchung (Tibetan Trade Agent) at Gyantse who had not been in Gyantse much while Hopkinson had been there. Fire works in the evening [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 24th 1927, Gyantse, pages 4-7]

Gyantse. Went out shooting with Mulligan and Dean [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 30th 1927, Gyantse, page 4]

Had a banquet at the Kenchung’s house within the monastery [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 30th 1927, Gyantse, pages 1-3]

Gyantse. Had to rest ponies “so I went photographing round Gyantse ... some people came up and asked me to go into their house to photo them. ... I was amused to find the walls papered by 1927 Weekly times editions - bought they said at the Fort. Also there was a photo of a Tibetan who’d been to England, got up in cowboy style, with chaps, on a huge artificial horse this shape [line drawing inserted in text]. I also photod [sic] some rather jungly Kham-bas, going on pilgrimage from Kham via Lhassa to Shigatse. It took three months they said from Kham to Lhassa, and they expected me to produce the picture immediately I had pressed the button” [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 30th 1927, Gyantse, pages 4-5]. Also comments that he tried to photograph some criminals, who kept laughing and was accompanied on the way back by a young monk from Drepung [ibid., p. 5]