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April 4. All last night the streets of Kongshien were guarded by- 

 soldiers so the robbers could not in some way get possession of the city. 



We were up at daylight, and left early. We went by a route entirely new 

 to me, to Dong Di or Tong Ti, then to Tai Ping Tsang, and then to Li Duan Tsang. 

 This route took us through excellent territory for collecting insects. We got a 

 fair catch both of water and of air insects. I expect later to send a collector into 

 this territory to collect. Today we travelled 100 li, all of which I walked, a total 

 of over thirty miles. There were so many bypaths that I had to hire a guide part 

 of the way. 



April 5 We travelled ninety li to Li Chuang . Secured more insects. 



April 6. Reached Suifu by noon. u iang .—sad netted this afternoon did 



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well. I spent some time taking care of specimens. Filled box 547, winged insects. 

 I saw and took pictures of t?/o executed criminals. They were shot. One was a 

 robber and the other was deserting to be a robber when caught. 



April 7. Labelled mammals 372-405, all secured by Yang Fong Tsang at 

 Tseo Jia Geo. Filled box 548, rat skins and bones. Box 549 rat skins , 550 rat 

 skeletons. Took three anthropometric al measurements. 



April 8. Filled box 551, insects, snuff bottle, skeletons. Wrote Franck 

 about Lai f s collecting in Chengtu. Mailed one box. Giang got a fair catch of 

 insects. He can learn if he keeps trying. 



April 9. Filled boxes 552, fish; 555 bird and mammal skins. I took a 



trip to the mountains with the netter Giang so as to give him more training. We 



caught some good insects. Mailed some samples of Chinese and aborigine hair to 

 Doctor Hpdlicka. 



April 10. I purchased three mammal skins, numbers 406-8. One is of 

 little value, but two are of a species I have not seen before. They came from a 



