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were satisfactory. In the folloAving April, Wang Wang, 

 with another collector, Chunkai, started again for Kuatun 

 and came back in June, after a month's stay in the 

 mountains. This time the collection was so good, and the 

 novelties proved so interesting, that a third expedition in the 

 autumn of 189G and a fourth in the spring of 1897 were sent, 



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with equally successful results. To verify the statements of 

 our men, and to complete, as much as possible, the exploration 

 of the Kuatun Mountains, a fifth expedition was arranged. 

 This time my wife, myself, the two collectors Wang Wang 

 and Chunkai, and a trustworthy and faithful Chinese 

 servant composed the party. Our plan was to go up the 



