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January 8, 33. Yang Hong Tsang may have been murdered. 



1 have written to the officials to investigate and sent back Ho 

 Son Chuen to finish up everything and bury Yang Ho Tsang. 



January 12, 1934. More troubles. I got an air mail 

 letter from Rev. Gordon Jones at Chungking, of the Canadian 

 Business Agency, saying that in spite of our passports the 

 customs people have held up the 24 boxes of animal skins and 

 bones* The names of the skins, the numbers, and the weights of 

 skins and bones were required. I'm replying by air mail. 



January 13, 1934. Today I sent Yao as a spy to find 

 out what is being done about the death of Yang Hong Tsang. 



January 22, 1933. 



1. Mammal 1264 female mt. goat dark brown 



2. Ditto 1235 



3. 1266 female gray-black mt. goat white tail 

 Ditto 1267 male black monkey 



Ditto 1268 male black monkey purchased. 

 No. 1269 wild rat. 



I have been reckoning accounts with Ho Son Chuen, the 

 skinner. His measurements are not very dependable. 



There are a couple of nice-looking mountain goats, 

 one a new kind to my collecting. There is a pheasant that is 

 also new to my collecting. 



1274 is a weasel. 



1270 - 1306 wild rats, moles & squirrels (2). 



I am working a little each day to get the recent 

 collection ready to ship. 



January 29, 1934. Filled box lo. 261 Rat skeletons. 



Box 262 



4 pheasants 



2 wa wa gi male 



1 " " female 



1 Shan' za 2 tsi 3 

 Box 263 small box of rat bones value @ 3.00 



Box 264 - 5, Insects. 



Box 266, 34 rat skins. 



January 29, 1934. Two days ago the hunter Li Song 

 Hin came in with six regular tarkin. One straight -horned 

 tarkin, 3 antelope (cliff asses), 2 white Pandas, 2 gray 

 mountain goats, female, 1 cliff goat, 1 lynx, 3 weasels, 



2 squirrels, 1 yellow cat. 



