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Filled 

 Box 61 

 Insects 



July 21. We travelled to Wen Chtian Shien, arriving early. 

 The catch of insects was small but a few of the insects are rare. 

 We got so many lizards that we cannot keep them all. I got two 

 snakes, one so large that I had to cut it in two in order to 

 get it into the "bottles, and the other very small. The coolies 

 are very tired. 



July 22. In the morning Ho Son Chuen skinned several birds 

 with the students Pen and San to give them practice skinning birds. 

 All day Yao natted insects. 



In the afternoon Pen and San went out collecting. I spent 

 much time v/orking over the collections, seeing that everything was 

 well preserved. A W a Si aborigine friend brought me three large 



animals called Pan Yang, a fine male wild boar, and an animal like 



sects have injured all the skins. We are staying in the local 

 chapel or church, and will leave the large specimens here until we 

 return. In the future I may refuse to take any but perfect speci- 

 mens. I am taking these specimens hoping they are useful, and in 

 order to encourage the collectors to continue* 



Box 62. Insects (moths, etc.) near w en Chuan. 



Box 63. Insects in bottles between JCuanshien and Wen Ghuan. 



Also 64. Insects in bottles. 



July 23. Today we labelled specimens and numbered tiiem, pre- 

 paring to go farther up the valley. The carpenter has made some 

 boxes to contain the specimens. 



the lynx. The skin and bones of the latter are in bad shape. In- 



