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Yang Fong Tsang arrived this afternoon. He has been commandeered and 

 compelled to supervise some coolies, so he has been unable to collect. However, he 

 brought in ten snakes and three birds, and one mammal, No. 426. I have packed these, 

 boxes 656-662, snakes and box 665, birds and mammal skin. This makes a total of 52 

 boxes mailed by me during the past few days — or will when these eight boxes are 

 mailed » 



Last summer I had five Chinese collectors helping me. This year I will 

 have seven. Besides, I expect to get a few Tibetan hunters to go after large mammals. 

 I'll probably be kept very busy labelling specimens and boxes. 



June 24. This morning I mailed eight boxes of specimens, making a total 

 of 52 in the last few days. 



Lai and Giang got good catches of insects last night. 



This morning I visited the magistrate to see about a soldier escort to 

 Kiating. He is very friendly, and promised to appoint the soldiers all right. I 

 paid the boat captain part of his money to Kiating . 



I have spent much time today packing. 



I will mail this Diary tomorrow. I leave Suifu Thursday, June 26. I will 

 spend three or four days on Mt. Omei , then go west to Tibet. 



