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Last night the moths came well to the night lantern and the three 

 netters took turns, working until about daylight* This morning it took 

 a long time to wrap these and put them into the box. This afternoon 

 we packed up for the trip to Chengtu. ?/e will have 24 loads. 



Aug. 28. W e got an early start, and were making good progress 

 in the afternoon when it began to rain, and gradually to pour. We 

 stopped a couple of hours earlier than we expected to. staying for 

 the night at Sa Ping Kuang. Altitude feet. 



I saw some fine wild animal skins that had been ruined by the 

 local people. About 5.30 it ceased raining. 



2his morning I got a strange, small black frog. I have offered 

 to pay for more, and we have searched for them for days, but they 

 seem to be few and hard to find. 



I have a very uncomfortable cold deep down in ri§r throat. It makes 

 it hard to swallow. 



Today we saw many large stones that had rolled down the mountain 

 as a result of the earthquake . 



If I could stay in this section for some time and just hunt 

 large animals, I could get a good many of them. 



My main task now is to get this collection and that part of it 

 Yang Fong 'Tsang and Ho Son Ghuen have down to Chengtu. We have prob- 

 ably at least 20000 insects here. % netter has at least 10000 

 at Beh Lull Din, an important summer resort, and we have some at 

 Chungking. If we can keep the collectors (four or five) all working 

 for the rest of the year we will have a very large collection of 

 mammals and insects. 



