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£fc ^in Shien Wan near Wen Chuan^Szechuan, China. Box Ho. Ill, twenty- 

 seven small mammal skeletons; B ox Ho. 112, twenty rat skins; Box 

 Ho. 113, 29 bird skins. Mammals Ho. 1229-1247 are larger mammals 

 secured by Yang Song Tsang and H 0 Son Chuen near Wen Chuan Shien at 

 the place called Yin Shin Wan, a small village. 



Filled Box Ho. 114, mammal skeletons and skulls. 

 Box Ho. 115, snakes, insects bones, and an unborn wild boar. 

 With the collectors Pen, San, Ho Son Chuen, and Yao I have 

 worked almost all day up to late tonight taking care of specimens, 

 labelling them and packing them. These Chinese collectors have 

 shown a fine spirit. Today is Sunday but none of us has taken a 

 vacation. 



Pour or fi^fe of the mammal skulls disappeared between Wen 

 Chuan and Chengtu. Probably they were either stolen or thrown away 

 to make a lighter load by some coolie or coolies. 



Sept. The mammal skulls have been found. 



Today we mailed fifty-six boxes of specimens, insects, snakes, 

 frogs, skeletons, and birds. 



The collector, San lost $20 of mine while supervising the 

 stamping of the boxes at the post-office. I let him bear half the 

 loss as a lesson. Somebody stole it from him. 



I have spent almost the entire day on the Smithsonian collection, 

 putting arsenic on the mammal skins, etc. I also reckoned accounts 

 with all the collectors that are here. 



Sept. 13. I have taken a short trip to 3 e h Lub Din, near Pen 



