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times • . Giiie... (Kien in most of tne georrapliies but pronotinced 



OhiBn^^Wayj artCx* darK, 100 li. Killed a large crane^ out dia not see other birds 

 worth siiootiu. — excepting: a white uird like a larf.:e white l/ "'.mi. i^eciired a few 

 insects* Ci^t...,ed escorts av "--n '^^ay. Blistered one of toes. 



July 7. 1^6 day ?ras another vei';/ hot day. ■ivio coolies rc-n I'l-^fsrj r^t'^er than 

 face tx.e nard ti*lp. We tra v^^^^- 1 --a 120 li or about 35 mil^s, :.,rrivii: ; :^ftcr dark. 

 I " told t.r t ti.ere wa;', :;■ of robbers but that txie^ It r.a instead of 



t ..:in/. I uo not kiw . ..lether or not tnis true. 1 cli, into a lian. 



Dynasty 'burial ca¥e near Ohien I&y (or Kien ^.^^ . . I also went into a coal mine to 

 see the crude way used to remove the mter from the mine. Grossed rivers four 

 times. I . \ tirea, it is eleven o'clock, ana tiiere is xmch to do yet, but I 

 expect to move along tomorrow. 



Jul;^ 8* We staged over all ^la^ . If we travelled tod.ay we would reach Yachow 

 in four ' ' ctoa touay \ could reach Yachow in three days. I delivered 



ai. x,^.,,.^ ... . . iSf-'tin " of tj.e three local churches. Fixed up the baggage so 

 tb..i u.h.i. : ill ^0 ..ior- coiivcnii'nt for travelliri". It began to rain with thunder 

 a^... ii_ixi.nli._ abjut darlc. I.hx0 croos ai"o ver^. ,...„_ ...1^/ in neea of x^ain. 



Jul^ ^. \\at.xer ..^^^^ uro.a ug or rather hel ,-, . :■: un our program today. 



It r^inca very iiur^. for c,..i .uur anu i alf after da;.'light. When tiie head coolie 

 laile^ to secure uhe full nu.jbur of car^iers^ wxxich fact discovered just as we 

 were about to start, and tiiat further delayea us. Shen tne escort further delayed 

 US. fne road was muddy, ana tne result of all this is tnat we are here instead of 

 in the ivvm Wiiere we planned to sgena the night. This tovm is Zia 'Elaxur (pronoimced 

 Jia Jiangi, 70 li from Kiatin^^. On account of rain and wlna the caton of insects is 

 small. Secured one bird. 



It , seems to me tliat ./ici^est eaten in specimens during the . few months xias 

 been in bees, wasps, etc. 



In WBOt China brigands are a^^t to appear ii: nluost any place at almost any time. 

 For timt reason it i. u cessar^ , w.xx. \r I i a • u .It. sonian collectir t fit, to 

 have escorts appointf-v.. z^j- govc n-^m^-nt off i'-u.aiw dmost all tne time, fnis increases 

 expenses, but lessens t.ie or of losing t„.e ^mit..smh:L collecting outfit or the 



specimens collectea. fou, ^ .n.,. ai. cwort oS tw; .1 hers all the time and six 

 soldiers part of the time. 



V*e x^SLSse.. g xiumber of ola Chinese burial tombs today. 



Soni. nt there is thunder, lightnini^, and rain. 



July 10. It rained hard last night but cleared up toaay. fnis afternoon it 

 vw i.ot. 



a}he crops are in a baa condition and will be poor if v...iore are not more heavy raiia.. 



xooay we securea tiiree birds and some insects* V^e arc .,v,„„„..;w stages vdiich 



makes it difficult to collect. 



