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kmrxxBt 'Z. I imve : Ircc^a^ ..aiici ^:»ct;C';n . oricci of specimens^ and e:cpect 

 to -mail thx-ee or four .iore. 2o^,^ 1 JiniL^.^^d c^rc;^ring money for tlie return 

 trip, unless gi^^e^^'C luclc inc.Pc.cc.. .^liU^L, ij. * .-ioli case I can secure money« 

 at shi Lin* 



Last night it i'ained imrd^ nhe rain coming dot/n in torrents* fb.e rain oon- 

 tinu'a until noon today, iieepina us indoors. It cut dovm our catch for the day 

 ...eel at al:, 5 but we rot eleYsn birds and soma insects* I Lpent some time packing 

 speciJC^ixG and preparing for the return trip* 



I am usina t^.e same Aito or hnad coolie and several of the coolies that I 

 had on the \.a^. in fro.Ti YvCixu" • 



aU ULt o. zx: 1^. f ill-a, f r.. , on lis, 14-r oont'.-ins ;5d hir. 



.i:ai:iiials, shins* ooa la-5. has .... s.ooletons of .niniiials irn-o. ^ir.h;- Oo:a,leDea fill-- 

 in.; l-Ju, ^a-ap^-c. Ins^-ctf,, vnu loo, jjin.a)a flies. ^6cua\^d a lar - refai snake 

 onu a saaii r»- .jj.. .a:-. *^ecuroa tvo oiras of a variot;; I liia/r- not s- c*a-^-./. ..efore, 

 asout z.s sii3e of a x^ouin. rinisned arr:ai .onts Jor coolir^s for t:..e retvrn 

 trip to Yachow. 



Jherc is a )ec: liar anii.ml in tnis part of -^k^eCiman and in Yunnan Province that 

 has lar^e scales^ i^ri cticaiv all over its bod;^% It is a great digger and is about 



si^3o u.; bad_:er. 1 t..ou;,..D of buying a skin or Si.oll here, but a friend 

 _erc pro:aises falt.sfully to S'/ciu'a liYing specimens and send both shell or shin and 

 cones vhic. '^11 1 so ].;vo.i Letier* decurea another bat today, v/liich I put in forrnalin 



jJoday I took anthropometric measurements of a full-blooded Lolo (hooo) imd of 

 a iialf -breed. I none to measure more tomorrow* 



' fo.niy 1 el: eiploted securing money for the return trip^ sufficient to taxte 

 us to Yoci.o- un^ .... ood luck and success run up our expenses. 



Aug. 5. I have iimiled to Suifu to iny address twenty-one boxes of specimens 

 from hingyuenfu. fhere are five boxes and some birds at Yechow. 



^oday I have Tiacked f jr t.io retur;. tri^ • 1 nave c^hgd y seen v'ori'„ out by 

 literally dozens of calls from d.hnrse friends, .x.n, of t„ em i.rin' ing problems to 

 consult me snout • I rneas: rr . v-r. full-bloocd-o L.0I0:: an-, one .r-lf-breed. 



AU{:aist 6. he liave nmde our first ^cJis' .p^unie^ touarus (jOi.tr'%1 ^in^Ci.uan. 



we travelled 58 li to Li -see. It ii^ .h/^nate ti.: t th' stie s.iort, I ae s 



worn out before leaviiig hin,^. ...fu. h.e ma; friends c.. m to cc.ll often 



brou p..t serious problems that worry no ^n stfeii 1;.-. 



JniL; .,om.l.. c;xrc.. j< ..ibrrs ca..:e v rl;, to - f ir.' 1 .ooofLye. Jxmre 



-as .h„-. i.enu- vll m;eethy in cure. , oG'jr.a;,, , ir. \':h 



flatt._.rif. ... eo..ie-^---i'--^'^'^ t.dn/.s a^.rc ^ i ,i an: a-.c * J.a.s ..K^rininw ....... men and 



7 0- lien c.m.e* 'tea te rt;cjrt me -it l^'ti ...t jut of laa^ cit ^ t tjK- old 



^ iu.i i,a :;eet s imjly C'nfia not keoj Uw, and -jua e and 



iwj a . .,a, h.:'c^ m.en -^-soortes. me ole r outidae t across 

 t - t..at s .aiiS t. c: creek, an 1 I fino^Ll;,- ure'e-- i-x-a. t'i r"'tuxai. 



