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as a protection against the Lolos. He could get only four escorts from 

 the military authorities on the 12th, so went to the civil magistrate and 

 got four more. His collectors were not permitted to collect insects 

 outside the city gates at night hecause of the activity of the Lolos, 

 who had hurned more than 10 houses in the vicinity the day he fore, 

 besides pillaging and commiting other depredations. The party reached 

 Fu-Lin on the 15th, and several days were spent here at the home 

 of a friendl}' Lolo. Through the help of this man Dr. Graham was 

 enabled to make some anthropometric measurements of jiure-blooded 

 Lolos, and also obtained two sets of Lolo armor that may be 200 years 

 old. The party made a hard trip across the Da-Shiang-Lin Pass on 

 the 24th, with an escort of 23 soldiers. After crossing the pass they 

 were met by soldiers from the east side of the mountain who accom- 

 panied them to Huang-Li-Pu. On August 25, he notes in his diary 

 that " yesterday nearly 100 brigands robbed a caravan and the brigands 

 were pursued In- soldiers and militia, the battle continuing until about 

 noon to-day." He arranged for a good escort to Yachow, and secured 

 23 soldiers with rifles. The party reached Yachow in safety on 

 August 26, and Dr. Graham settled with his coolies and did some 

 repacking. He secured a raft for the trip to Kiating, and got one that 

 was about 14 feet wide and 75 feet long, made of 25 bamboo poles 

 placed side by side and strapped together. The raft trip was begun 

 on the 28th, but had not proceeded far when four men (two with 

 rifles) ordered the party to come ashore. After some parleying with 

 the strangers the party got beyond reach and escaped. Kiating was 

 reached on August 29, and Suifu on September 2. In the course of 

 his summer expedition Dr. Graham covered over 800 miles of the 

 distance on foot. 



The material collected on the Ningyuenfu trip has been packed and 

 shipped. l)Ut at the time of writing this report (December 19) it had 

 not yet arrived in Washington. Dr. Graham writes of this expedition 

 " The Ningyuen trip has in some ways lieen the hardest, most dan- 

 gerous, and most disappointing tri]i that I have yet taken. I sincerely 

 hoi^e that the Smithsonian Institution will find the collection worth 

 while." 



