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s? ; ;*ine insects* I too' * * uliis to^m and of sorae Lolas and measured 



t.....„':... ^-oloSj one riui-^'loo.. ... , Lil::ed blood. One 'bira is of a variety that 



I Ixave not secured before. 



Between tnis place and Iliinfyuenfu there are roany ruins of towers and fortresses^ 

 and nearly:' ever:, to'ivn ii ■ , . * .,,11 tids is or Ijas been as a protection against the 

 l^olos. 



One of the coolies carrying our loads became ill ana dropx)ed out. He died 

 yesterday and has already been uuried* 



Aug* 11 • '**^e came into tnis part of usechuan during a ti-ie of draught* We are 

 going out aurin , ti -:e oi' excessive rain* It rained all last ni^dit and v/as rainiiig 

 this mornin, wjjh ar ot up. could have accoinplisned nothing at Den Bhiang Uin 



but we could travels a.-d tin.t is accoiiR)iishing somethin^:> b^;^ c;x*ossed the Diiiao wi,haig: 

 Lin Pass in a Ixca^^ ' . witu a drissling rain. We got very fev; specimens « fhe 

 streams v;ero all .A/jilun, Ciia in crossing one of them a box containing W .odicines, 

 the koda-; ;11:jo, ^tj*, fe.. 1 ij.to the creek. foni:,,ht it heat several of us uuisy try- 

 ing out r. " b"ft i.a>. *::v — ^ ^- - : after creek, ana one creeh vais so high 

 tnat v/e i.. . . _ . ^..-io^ to ^ a^n „. uc, -;„......x uoxes of b-" across. 



be^ x.au. a . ^ esco/t, u\:: it cost us rrnich le^s tnan it aid to cross tihs pass 

 to ... yrienfu. 



-sang^ the iiunter, v;as sick an.d had to hire a .horse to ride* foniaht 

 the other two collectors have colas, and one of the cooli^^ , a dia. .: I think t.iat 



there is probably not a day on a tri. '-g:e this wnen so either one of ,. coolies 



or one of the Oiiinese collectors, aoes not need me;.,Ucines . 



^ „urcliasoa sosk ctone ^ z.l\z ase rxn.-- snu sola on tiie ^south side of 



-..aao >JiA I'V- :: ^ \^iS£. ' Ut^- work of ea.agdn' ::nd eoli^niin : is done on the 



south side o: t.i' .bh.-n_ :^i] by solaiers — t..ry ruL tno • ^' ^ -.-^ :o be s - - 



i..st --anob..er na^ on wiiioi. -aaisr ..:.s been poure-u . I al:o fui;a' st 



rinas. 



.^^olos are ' -'s--. - kowton or knock tiioir ixeade asaiinst the 

 gToun ; sb-:-., , ^:uu fo / 



...^re in an inn tonight u...u..c , not take a pri^ue for cleanliness* ^to - ^a at 



fsu..;..^ a. 



^- ^ - - -^-i- -.ior^hn reaped 1 e.. Dih earl; . ^w. uenfu I haa oi^ly se- 



cured llitiar,. escuru appointed b^. t;.e .:dlitar; officiaii bpcause t.^e escort a,:pointed 



s .a-.x .jec of J.itti"'/ tan. jn lii.- - -\y in .;j^nfu« or-cause I 



'pull' t..L -.hlitiiry : at..ori ti-:.. . 1 . a fine e^^cort a., f . a a.- b" J 



this momin: , t.a •,hlir' r; officiu.1 w^^^u ^till asloe^ , t;..e custon i^ xiot a^ a-aae a 



b.gh offici^^l, ./ " '-ait; till u ). fni. ^f.;ich..i w>::iOkRS ogiu.. Wi^ .t..a £ aei et 



a^.; until in ..j ' aoon- I c:juiu no* li.ut Ion;, so aealt " one of liis suu- 



orainates, h , : jintei, only s ;i .iers to escort -a, ss rte.. ..at 



that imnuer a s s: Wlcir.^s. I .aa-; it - - ^ g it • , _ :a to tell i.im 



so. foday's journrg/ was o\^--r ju^^ of ti. . sectl^.. ..s s: * i cho-^ 



.X escort for . .... aei, ^av^r if it is 

 .^.i:rato ..... on. o:: ^..e city ... . .iealt v;itv^, „ suboralnate. He was 



