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This morning it was very hot. Then a fierce wind arose, and nearly 

 blew the tent down. When I was pounding down the stakes, the hatchet flew 

 off its handle -and cut my hand. This evening it is raining. 



some Tibetan apparently stole my (The Smith- 

 sonian's) hunter 1 s. hatchet. (Later it was recovered). 



The crows here make a sound that is very peculiar and very musical. 

 I heard it yesterday. The Chinese say that one of the peculiarities of Li 

 Tang is that the crows make noises like orioles (or some similar song birds). 

 Because they may be of a different species, I will try to kill several of these 

 crows. I think I got one of them yesterday. 



This Is only fair hunting or collecting ground, or it might be called 

 poor. We will move tomorrow to a better place. We have not caught a single 

 rodent by means of the traps. 



July 22. It rained part of the day, but the netters secured some 

 young fish and water insects, and some winged insects. The hunters secured 

 several birds and one mammal, mammal No. 469. I visited the Devil Dance part 

 of the day and interviewed the Living Buddha who is worshipped as a god, and 

 regarded as a god, Also secured mammal 470. 



July 24, 1950. I took a number of pictures of the Devil Dance of the 

 Tibetans. We secured four mammals, nos. 471-474, and several birds, including 

 ducks and a crane, which winter in the lower altitudes of central Szechuan. It 

 rained part of the time today, so we got only a small number of insects. We got 

 a fair catch of night moths last night. 



We are camping just under an old fortress of stone which is on the 

 top of a mountain where a Tibetan king once reigned. It was conquered and 

 destroyed under the Emperor Kanghsi in the Manchu Dynasty. 



