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The territory in which we collected is marked "Unsurveyed territory" 

 on the best maps. Doctor Rock has been there, probably, and the Roosevelts 

 passed through some of it. 



Aug. 18. W e had considerable bother getting off, but just before 

 dark we reached Wa-Si-Geo. It began raining just before we arrived, and rained 

 until hours after dark. We got two or three rare butterflies. We had no trouble 

 with the local customs office at Tatsienlu. 



Mr. Urech and Mr. Edgar escorted me some distance out of the city of 



Tatsienlu. 



Mr. Edgar, F.R.G.S. and F.R.A.I. stated that the trip we have just 

 finished is the tri P with the highest altitudes of any trip he has ever taken, 

 and that he does not- know of any route with altitudes so high on the Tibetan 

 border. On this trip we camped and slept at the altitude 15600 feet, the high- 

 est iivhis experience. He says that we can well congratulate ourselves that 

 we successfully completed the trip. 



Aug. 19. The pack animals "ran away" from the coolies who are carry- 

 ing loads. I was with the pack animals, and arrived at Lu Ding Chiao at 2; 30 



P. M. The last load arrived at about 5 P. M. 



We did not secure a single bird, and only a few insects. Last night 

 we got a good catch by means of the night lanterns . 



It rained very hard last night, and today the Tong River is a high 

 and muddy torrent. The melting of the snows does not cause such floods in this 

 part of Tibet, but they are caused by freshets or heavy showers. 



Today I met a friend, Mr. Sinton, on his way to Tatsienlu for mission- 

 ary work. He will return in a few days . 



This afternoon I have visited the magistrate's office, and the customs 

 official. I also visited the Postoffice and paid forty cents still due on four 

 boxes of specimens, I mailed on th<§ way to Tatsienlu. 



