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foggy about daylight, but the raft did not stop. We arrived at Kiating about 

 10:50 A. M. I expect to spend tomorrow in the Han Dynasty tombs and Sunday visit 

 temples* I will also hunt birds. This afternoon I hunted gulls, which are often 

 seen flying above the Min and the Ya Rivers* It was a hot, sunshiny afternoon, 

 and there was not a gull in sight. They apparently fly around earlier and probably 

 later in the day. 



This afternoon I called on the city postmaster. He showed me three images of 

 men . and one of a f owl from the Han Dynasty tombs . They were of unglazed earth- 

 ware* Most Chinese believe these Han dynasty tombs to be Mantsi caves, but to my 

 surprise the postmaster said they were Han Dynasty Chinese tombs, and that these 

 images of men went back to or were rooted back in an earlier custom of actually 

 killing people and burying them in the tombs or of burying people alive . He had 

 apparently reached this conclusion through the study of the materials themselves 

 and of other Chinese sources, such as history, etc. 



Feb. 25. I sent Chin^Gih Uen across the Min River to look for artifacts on 

 that side of the river, and with two coolies I went to the caves about ten li 

 northwest on the Ya River. Chen Gih Uen got nothing of value, but got into a cave 

 where there was a wild animal that may have been a wolf or a fox. He attacked the 

 animal, but it got away. He bumped his head on the roof of the caUe-tomb and 

 raised a good big bump. I got much more than he did, but was somewhat disappointed 

 in the number and value of the artifacts collected. 1 secured two birds, one of 

 which I believe is new as far as my collecting is concerned. I made some diagrams 

 of caves, etc. When I was about to return to the city, I saw a rabbit chased into 

 a patch of high .grass about a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide. I spent some 



time hunting for him, but did not find him* I did a good deal of walking and climb- 

 ing today, and also did a good deal of work with the hoe. In many of the caves 1 

 had to lie flat and crawl into the caves and out of them. 



Feb. 24. Today I had to speak twice in the local church. Chen Gih Uen, the 

 netter, worked in the Han Dynasty tombs, but got nothixg worth while . We have 

 covered many of these tombs , and it is getting harder to secure artifacts worth 

 while . However, I cannot be sure that he tried hard, and really did his best. He 

 is quitting as soon as we reach Suifu and I will try to find and train another man 

 at once. I do not think he has been doing faithful work at lachow during the past 

 few months. This afternoon 1 went across the river near the Great Buddha and 

 visited a number of the old tombs on that side of the river. I took some pictures 

 of some artifacts from the Han Dynasty tombs that are in the hands of the ^dating 

 postmaster. 



Feb. 25* Finished packing this morning, and started down the river towards 

 Suifu. Killed two gulls before leaving Kiating. I saw gulls as far down the river 

 as Chien Way or Kienway. They are not found at Suifu. Stopped for the night at 

 Xao-Gu-Tao* 7 T# 



Feb. 26. We struck a hard, up-river wind . It was so strong that the boatmen 

 on another boat got off and milled the boat downstream by the bamboo rope ordin- 

 arily used in pulling boats upstream. For six or seven miles three men walked 

 downstream on the other side of the river, and we did not go any faster than they 



