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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



in the country south of Suifu, called the Lan Lut Shien District." The 

 country around Tsanglinshien is described by Graham as a beautiful 

 district with high mountains, perpendicular limestone cliffs, and great 

 forests. Coal, iron, and sulphur occur plentifully and all are being 

 mined, although by crude methods. A phase of natural-history col- 

 lecting in out-of-the-way places that probably would not occur to 

 anyone not familiar with such work is hinted at in the following notes 

 jotted down by Graham on September 3 at Tseo-Jia-Geo. " One of 



Fig. 73. — A famous cliff, called by some foreigners " The Ribbon Counter," 

 on the north side of the Min River, about 60 li above Suifu. (Photograph 

 by D. C. Graham. ) 



the most trying experiences to a foreigner in West China, when travel- 

 ling, comes from the fact that a foreigner expects and loves privacy 

 when sleeping, studying, and working. It is nearly impossible to get 

 privacy in Chinese homes (as a guest) and in Chinese inns. The 

 Chinese have little conception of it. You try to work in a Chinese inn. 

 and the first thing you know the room is packed, and crowds are peek- 

 ing through the cracks and looking through the windows." 



The great bulk of the collections sent in this year is made up of fine 

 series of insects of all orders. Among these are many species new 



