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Nov. 8. Filled box No. 86l, insects. We spent some time cleaning 

 and oiling the guns, packing away the Smithsonian outfit, etc. 



Nov. 11. Filled boxes 362 5 insects, 363 Chinese wedding dress, 864 

 Chinese idols. 865-866, 367. crabs, box 863, bones (skeletons). Today I 

 spent all the spare time I had packing. The Suifu officials gave a feast, in- 

 viting a few of us missionaries and the leading Chinese officials. 



Nov. 12. Filled box 369, animal and bird skins. Mailed several 

 packages , and purchased two birds. 



I am out of gasolene, and unless there is a gasolene for sale in the 

 city, which I doubt, the night-moth collecting will have to cease. 



Yang-Fong Tsang is waiting until my successor arrives so we can make 

 arrangements with him as to shipment of specimens. 



Nov. 14. Filled boxes 870-871, insects. . 



Nov. 15. 11 11 872, Museum specimens. Mailed four boxes of 



specimens. 



There was some formalin, some cyanide, and some arsenic for sale in 

 the men 1 s hospital. I have purchased it and stored it with the collecting ma- 

 terials. 



Nov. 17. Filled box 873, turtles, and 374, birdskins. 



Nov. 18. 11 Tt 875, a Tibetan Rug for Doctor Wetmore. He can 



square up with the Smithsonian Institution. 



Nov. 19. Filled box 376, insects , 877 Museum specimens. Mailed several 

 packages* I spent considerable time packing away and listing for the Smithsonian 

 collecting outfit* 



Nov. 20. Filled box 878, leatherback turtles. 



Nov. 21. » 11 879, Tibetan wedding ornament. 

 11 " 880, Tibetan charm box. 



