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Filled box 774, birdskins (45) and 775, birdskins (28). 1*11 have to have more 

 boxes made before I can ship the rest of the specimens. Labelled mammals 500 

 (white panda), 501 leopard from Tatsienlu, and 50 2, an animal from Fu-Lin. 505 

 a mammal from Tatsienlu. 



Sept. 6. Filled boxes 776, bird and mammal skins, and 777, bird and 

 mammal skins. 778, insects in bottles, box 779 birdskins . 



Sept. 7. Filled box 780, containing a white panda and a leopard skin. 

 Box 781, 782, snakes, snails, fish, insects. I packed the eight boxes filled re- 

 cently, and sent them to the postoffice. I sent for carpenters to make boxes for 

 the rest of the specimens secured on the Tibetan trip. 



The Yangtse and the Min Rivers are now the highest they have been for 

 several years . Quite a few houses are flooded with water. 



I packed all my films for forwarding to Chengtu where they will be 



developed . 



Sept. 3. Filled and labelled boxes 783-784, Lizards from Lu Ding 



Chiao . 



Sept. 10. Filled and labelled boxes 785, mammal skins, 786 bird skele- 

 tons, 787 bird skeletons . 



Sept. 11. Filled boxes 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, all containing bird 

 and mammal skeletons. I mailed all the boxes previously filled, IS in all. I 

 have a carpenter making boxes to contain specimens. Kiang, the netter, has gone 

 to Chungking to work several weeks snd Wu is netting at Suifu. Filled boxes 795- 

 794 (insects in bottles, etc.) 



Sept. 12. Tonight I entertained the English-speaking foreigners of 

 Suifu, and after supper gave a lecture on Tibet. 



Sept. 13. The netter Wu began work at night with the gasolene lantern 

 last night* 



