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July 22, Reached Kongshien about 1 HI, Met magis- 

 trate and local official at , Cheo Jia Geo ivhere I expect to 

 collect first. Also met a Mao Chief, Spent part of the 

 afternoon fixing nets etc. for the insect netting, 



July 23. We got up at the first break of day. The 

 coolies have become very tired, and the road is bad, so I had 

 to stop at Di^ Dong 4 Pae^'kor the night. There is evidence 

 of a regular cloudburst in this section. Roads are in bad 

 condition. 



It was cloudy?- al 1 day, so there v/ere not many in- 

 sects. So far it has not been a good time for collecting. 



After supper the educational director and the military 

 officer of the town came and requested me to let the crowd hear 

 the victrola, which I did, Yfe had quite a long visit, 



July 24. Reaohed Cheo Jia Geo. We are living in a 

 temple used by the militia, and the tovm school is in this. 

 Three months ago some building robbers raided this place, 

 killed four, and wounded many, taking rifles and looting. 



We got some strange butterflies. 



In one place, a large stream comes out of the moun- 

 tain side. There are lots of leopards around here, but they 

 are hard to find. There are also bands of monkeys, 



I went hunting but found nothing, 



July 25. This morning I climbed a high mountain to 

 hunt monkeys, I saw them but did not get a shot at them. 



Then I went down the valley. 



The four netters have to do only dav netting because 

 the moon is at its full and is shining all night. We are in 

 bad luck for night moths, for they can not be caught by night 

 lanterns v/hen the moon is at its full. 



Robbers made a raid only five miles, 15 li, from 

 here today and it is feared that they may raid this place 

 soon. The militia is much excited. We'll have to clear out 

 of here tomorrow aftemoonj and seek a safer place in -R^ich to 

 collect. 



