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snakes or mammals worth using. We caught a good many grasshoppers. 

 Last night and this morning we met many Chinese soldiers going to 

 the interior to fight another Chinese army. 



Aug. 24. We got all packed last night. Shis morning we got 

 an early start and travelled to Wen Chuan, where we will remain 

 until Monday, the twenty-eighth, when we will start for Chengtu. 



It was exceedingly hot and dry today and there was a stong wind, 

 so there were very few insects. We got some snails and lizards. 



The soldiers at Wei Chow were very friendly and made no trouble. 



Aug. 25. This morning I sent the student collectors San and 



Pen and the netter Yao to a place high up on the mountain side near 



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the timber line. They will collect there two nights and come back 

 Sunday morning. I am packing and arranging for the final trip to 

 Chengtu. I have a Wa Si aborigine collector v/orking in the moun- 



tains near here . He sent me word that he had seven large mammals ♦ 



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I sent a messenger this morning and he should show up tomorrow night . 

 I also sent a messenger to Yang Fong Tsang and Ho Son Chuen, who 

 are collecting "between here and Chengtu, two days from here, re- 

 questing them to have their collection ready so that we can go on 

 promptly without delay and to have men called to carry the loads. 



This afternoon we had a severe earthquake lasting about four 

 minutes, and we had a tiny after-shock about three hours later. 

 Many large boulders rolled down the mountains and great clouds of 

 dust were seen in all directions, across the river from here a man 

 was killed. Some foreigners who passed through early this after- 

 noon were caught in one of the worst places and had some narrow 



