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The nasty, damp climate that we often have in Szechuan several 

 months at a time often causes the skins to draw dampness, mold, and 

 semi-rot so that they are ideal places for vermin to "breed. " 



15 ox 243 is insects caught in Chengtu Oct* 10-20. Alt. 1700 

 feet. My netter Yao has gone home on a vacation, and he is pro- 

 longing the vacation indefinitely. 



Boxes 244-5 contain frogs from Kuanshien. Alt. 24,00 to 3%00 



Box 246 - Skulls, 12p0 



Box 247 - Three animal skins 20*00 



Box 248 - Four animal skins 20.00 



Box 249 - %ur animal skins 15.00 



Box 250 - Bear skin 20.00 



Box 251 - Wild ox, male 30.00 



Box 252 - Female wild ox 25.00 



Box 253 - female wild ox 25.00 



Box 254 - Two animal skulls, value 8.00 



One skin, that of a lynx, was so chewed up by the vermin that 

 I had to burn it up. Its number was 1172. 



Hov. 7. Filled boxes 255-256, frogs from Kuanshien, altitude 

 2300 to 3500 feet. 



Today I started a new netter working. He is mighty green at 

 present. 



Hov. 8. The new netter brought in a lot of grasshoppers, but 

 put them in with the butterflies so that the latter were spoilt. 



'The netter Zao returned today, looking very well and ready for 



work. 



