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and owners of pack animals, I cared for the specimens, drew a map of 

 the district covered, etc. 



The journey which we have just finished has been remarkable because 

 of the high altitudes which we traversed, and on which we have collected. We 

 have actually camped on ground higher than Mount Blanc, and. have collected 

 night moths there by the lanterns; we have collected day insects up to 17150 

 feet. In other words, we have collected over three miles above sea level. The 

 districts covered are not actually pictured with even approximate accuracy on the 

 maps of the world. Even Mr* Edgar, who has lived on the Tibetan border since 

 1902 had never traversed that territory, and to him it was unknown or at least 

 unfamiliar ground. To have made such a trip and collected at such altitudes Y* r as 

 an achievement. I have accomplished my ambition to collect at altitudes almost 

 as high as birds and insects exist. 



Mr. Urech and Mr. Sherap have been collecting Tibetan artifacts for me. 

 There are some good and interesting ones. I hope to add to the collection. 



There is an expedition here sent by the Nanking Government and Sen Yat 

 Sen University to measure the great Mt. Ganka. In the expedition are three 

 foreigners, Swiss scientists, including Doctor Heim. 



In order to make our recent tour, I had to engage pack animals for the 

 whole trip, and. pay them the same amount whether they traveled or rested. We 

 were lucky to get pack animals at all. 



Mr. Edgar acted as guide and interpreter on the expedition, and even 

 acted as cook much of the time so that Ho could skin when there were birds or 

 mammals to skin. 



Aug. 15. Labelled boxes 681-754. Dried them all in the oven, and 

 put moth-balls in them. We also dried the bird and mammal skeletons, over a char- 

 coal fire to kill the maggots. We have now about sixty boxes of insects here. I 

 will probably take them to Suifu and mail them there. 



