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We got an excellent view of the great Mt. Ganka. 



Aug. 10. Yesterday a German scientist passed us on his way to Gien 

 Long Shien. He has collectors in all lines. 



This morning we started early about noon a heavy rain came up, and we' 

 went into a Tibetan house for shelter. Later it cleared up, and we made a good 

 stage. Soon after we had pitched our tents, a heavy rain began to fall. We 

 killed three pheasants and several birds , including a hoopoo. 



Our food load arrived, to our joy and delight. We were short of food. 

 We received some letters from home. 



Aug. 11 We made a good stage, and went fifteen li beyond Tu-Long-Si, 

 we had light shov^ers during the day. We pitched camp about five o'clock, and soon 

 afterward a very heavy rain came up. We are glad to be dry under our tents. We 

 saw many herds of yak, and nomad tents. The barometer registers 16900, but I 

 have found out that it over-registers altitudes from 700 to 1300 feet, so that I 

 figure that we are camping at least 15600 feet above sea level, or almost three 

 miles above the sea. 



It was so cloudy today that we got very few insects and only a few birds. 

 Last night we trapped five mammals, nos. 494-498. 



I used the Broca scale on a Tibetan, and he registered Broca No. £5. 

 The Tibetans vary much in skin color, but are generally much darker than the 

 Chinese. Their hair is generally dark, but varies from straight to curly. They 

 nearly always have the Mongolian slant to their eyes. Their noses vary from high 

 and thin to low and broad. 



We collected five small birds. I was busy caring for specimens until 

 nearly twelve o'clock. 



We are camped near two Tibetan nomad tents. They have about (between 

 them) four hundred yak. One of the great Tibetan dogs is loose, and is going 



