4 



retiim* ' ,ei:fiitr., ..oked all the iDoxes. I " -n a feast :.:.stor 



.Lan, an old friend of mir, ^ ' - .i*eat; deal in the 



tions for the trip* 



July 14* : ■ ivlnety li ' n din u^.ien^ over th^ r]0"n.u....j. pass 



called Gi 2si - , ich is ^. u... -^^ ^ - — - , r^-o -^^t; hi • /""^t- the cyanide 

 bottle to OTe.;,.^v v/ith insects. . . ^ant . „ . :o crows. 



She OhineDG friends ^ gave ^. ■ "^.n onr chaple at -Uin Gin ^hien. ■ 2hey 



urged me very hard to i. . , over tomorrow.. . tne .services ^ out wiien so much 



money is being invested in thiL ■'srl^^ .^na t;„ie time is so shorty I should move right 

 alon£r. Our stage tomorrow is only 40 li^ ^ dc. ieads us to a fine collHOtii :0t, 

 't :. day and an evenin ; in - .don .o \'Grk« 



At the top. of t.:.' ■^■v:- I ' of a rohV'--' ■-":.r^ ..:.a been robbir'.'- y^eople 



on tixat "oass* hhen "ce r^^jjer . ne ^."^-.r^ ■ "-^ .. ^.x,. ;.^.;.^.eadea* 



July 15* :dde journey to». , .b only forty li^ but they ^.7er- Ion:.; li '^nd up 

 hill, and it i:er:ribly hot* "ot n ■'oo''^-- catch of insects. ^it the ni.:ht at 

 h; Li ?u« It ^. . .... to me tii^^c I nuv -t the abori;::ine and Ho tlie sKinner iiave, 



malaria. It . is a good thing tnat 1 c . -o veil ^ . ■ . • such things. Ho and Yar^ 



..-^or:.- ^..^ 5 tne aborigine, are practically cured nmi* 



Killed four birds. 



f.i-^ru \.as a li.giG timnder B.,.40v/cr cj...uut an iiour before dare. 



. all aboui: t.ii. ;e. I ^i.z 3 tj i.:-\ve the netter and the 



aborigine ""or, is af t' x^nocn c^on j.illsid^s. fi.e dinner meal r^a- very late 



after :/e naa be- i. ..ere an ;.our or more* v/or^- eatin- it bcjg.sn to thunder. I 



L.ai ^ to u..e Li^orf ine ' • , 'Hlou see t.ot ^'OU could nave oeen iainting an 



nour, .-.^ ljO\: iz iz , .i.i to ram, gou will pre not _;^'t Zj, uv-t at all* ' ' : 



was 'j;iot .x.lf t^.roag. eatin, ^ uut ii-; i i..v,:aia7.elj' , 'n^L-. ..aux^out a '.'/om^ left the tauie, 

 picxceu. up tne s.iotr;un, and vent to tne v^oodc. xi.s iie started out of the door I asked, 

 '^"'^ u eaten enougi?'* But id not answer. It.*"' • ' * :ad at rae because 



0 ^ -jt rebuke :'a„d felt i ujo i.e ..i-<: never b> . .efer-v After it 



ue :an tj ^aii '• 'v . r in 'dtn "* - I v.Tdte-. i.iitiJ 1 ijaju nt h ad 



time to cool, . - -. n t j f-lc ;Ut t.-p incident, (bone of us knew it 



vould b'- £0 Iok :oi-*e udnior). bi^.t .."-d.i \,0o ^^r .ctUvtll,.. Oiiis. II' felt that he 

 ?ia,u. xn. i.ot ji.i. out u.-fore v ho -'Vnt .3 underta:-ving to sue- 



cee-j-, an;;, tnought t;..-i ..elpin,^ it succeea ^ -ns mor i.aportaiit tl.'-. He had not 



ueen mad. I t )1 . t 1 v.^^ ver;; ^incious for the Uj /.htioni to sue 



oeed, and wante i:i:*. '^j -.--O tii*- ^--est ht^ coui iL^i^t t^iat tn-^ ^j.iix u.i.^u..-i.^--ix socreta.ries 

 and cux\ators are „,bn-;lemen, ?na t-rit neitixor tne; nor I \anteu rim to injure his 

 health. 2hen I tola him that sucii WjVv: e ar^/ uoin ic to so a- extent a little 

 contribution to scientific -aiovleage, r.., ' nor. ox.l; -^.^ic^^ uut China and other 

 countries would to some little exten^ ^ K .ncli \ ork. Cur three helpers, 



Ho, Ohen^ . and Yang, -'v:::^-- -^r-i^'-r r,or^in ...... _..«..lous to • ""ell t..ls summer. ^1"^ 



four of us are mlxci..,., ........... ivj\- e.g--ct to '^c anvt^xiig^ el.. our return to b.^.^...,. 



