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Oct, 23. We returned to Suifu because there was a battle going on be- 

 tween robbers and soldiers on the Min River, The robbers have retreated, and we 

 start again for Chien Wei tomorrow. Filled boxes 834-856, insects. Mailed 16 

 boxes of specimens . 



Oct. 27. Returned from the trip to Chien Way. I saw many of the large 



cranes, 



Oct. 28. Purchased mammal No. 507, and one bird. Prepared films for 

 sending to Doctor Wetmore. 



Oct. 29. Purchased fish and five birds. Billed boxes 837-859, insects. 

 Prepared films for mailing. 



Oct. 50. Labelled and packed boxes 840-841, insects, 842 snakes, etc., 

 843, water insects, 844 bones, 845 Tibetan teapot. 



Nov. 2. It has turned quite cold, but the netters have secured some 

 fine moths at the altitudes of 1,000 feet and 2,000 feet respectively. Filled box 

 No. 846, insects, and packed and labelled boxes 858-846. 



Nov. 5. Mailed 10 packages . Packed and mailed box 847, insects. 



Nov. 6. Labelled mammals 508-517, secured by the hunters on the Mupin 



trip. 



Filled and labelled boxes 848-860, mostly things collected by the col- 

 lectors near Mupin. 



Yang Fong Tsang killed a rare mammal, red in color, with claws like a 

 cat. He shot it out of a tree. 



Nov. 7. I mailed all the boxes mentioned above but box No* 860. I spent 

 considerable time reckoning the accounts with the collectors . I bought a crane with 

 red on the top of its head, which I think is unusual. I am saving its skin and its 

 skeleton. 



