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Aug. 16. Sent the four collectors off on collecting 

 trips, the Pen brothers to the top of the mountain, and San and 

 Yao to the S*!^ Gi Pin^. Spent most of the day getting ready. 



Au.-?. 17. Ho and Zen, the tivo collectors who went to 

 Kueichovf am'^Yunnan, arrived today. They repoi't a moderate 

 catch, 



Aug, 18. I went hunting with the shotgun and secured 

 only one bird. The moon is coming out, so the catch of night 

 moths is slim. Zen v^atched the light all night until day- 

 light last night, 



Aug. 19, Rain and fog. 



Aug. 20, Filled Box 359, Insects from Shin Kai Sh'l 

 Mt, Cmei in sms,ll bottles. 



Boxes 362-3 Boxes of insects from Shin Kai Shi Aug, 

 15-20, 1934, 



Yao returned from the Si' Gi Pin^ and the tvro Pen 

 brothers from the Golden Summit, with their catches. The Pen 

 brothers report a good catch of snakes and insects. 



Aug. 21. Yesterday we secured a coral or a small 

 barking deer, or mountain goat, IMrnmal No. 1361. 



Filled bo xes 364-7, Insects from Mount Omei. 

 Yesterday I mailed nine boxes of specimens. 



Secured mammal 1362 a male small deer. 



Aug. 22. Took care of the deer hides. A box of 

 insects came from the Si Gi Pin, Box No, 368. 



Aug. 23. Filled Box 369, from Shin Kai Si, Mt. 

 Cmei, and elsewhere on !.?b. Omei. 



Mr, San and Yao are collecting at the Si Gi P^in. 

 The other collectors are working here. The catch is not large 

 each day. Last night there was a thxmderstorm and after tv/o 

 o'clock we got a few night moths. It is now full moon nearly 

 all the night, so night moth-catching is not very fruitful. 



Aug, 24. Mailed specimens to Shanghai. 



