222 TROUBLE AT MOU-PIN 
ness, instead of being kept inshore, had been carried 
out into the main stream of the Min River, and 
were in danger of being swept down beyond the place 
where my boat was anchored. By dint of hard work 
they were got inshore again, luckily above her, and 
she was soon found. On getting on board I found Mr. 
Kricheldorff, who had arrived from Mou-pin on Sunday. 
He reported having had great difficulty with the natives, 
who stole his tent and interfered so much with his col- 
lectors that he was compelled to abandon the higher 
and more promising collecting grounds and to take 
up his residence in a house in the village. The con- 
sequence was, that the collection he brought back was 
anything but what I had expected, and I was much 
disappointed. 
I was now fully employed in arranging and packing 
the collections already made, hoping to get them out of 
the way before the collectors I had left behind in Tibet 
and Ta-tsien-lu should come in with their treasures. 
A few days after my arrival I received a letter in Chinese 
from Ta-tsien-lu, complaining of the bad conduct of one 
of my collectors at Pu-tzu-fong towards a Tibetan girl, 
and which had so preyed upon her mind that she had 
hanged herself. Although I greatly deplored the circum- 
stance, for which I was in no way responsible, I was 
very glad to have left the neighbourhood before it 
