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have filled in the time by arranging for the two hunters and the skinner Ho 

 to go to Mupin, taking care of specimens, and repacking for Suifu. It has 

 not rained today. One netter got a fine catch last night, but the others did 

 not. 



Aug. 27. It did not rain today, but the floods have continued 

 unabated. There are therefore no rafts at Yachow. I spent the day getting 

 the two hunters Yang and Wang and the skinner Ho ready to go to Mupin. I 

 hope to get a good white panda skin that can be mounted . I have here a better 

 one than I sdnt before . I hope also to get some good mammals and birds to 

 make up past deficiencies. 



I addressed a meeting of the local church tonight. 



The handle of the Newton high-power rifle is badly cracked, and will 

 hmve to be repaired before it can be used. 



Aug. 28, Wrapped boxes 739-753, all winged insects. The rafts began 

 to arrive, and I engaged a raft for Kiating. I put twenty large boxes on the 

 raft, and packed so that I could leave for Kiating early tomorrow morning. There 

 was no rain today, and the river is receding. The netters got a good catch last 

 night, and some insects today. 



Before I left Tat^ienlu, Mr. J. Huston Edgar, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I., 

 signed the following statement which is in my possession: 



"The territory we have passed over is un surveyed and practically 

 unknown . Altogether it is the highest route of any extent on the 

 frontier. Two, at least, of the passes are among the most elevated 

 in this part of Tibet. Travelers have rarely recorded such high 

 camps . The road on this side of the Ja-Ze-La might easily find a 



place among the worst on earth." 



(Signed) J. Huston Edgar (F.R.G.S) 



