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March 2. Today with the help of the skinner Ho I packed several boxes of bird 

 skeletons. A letter from the American Express Company shows that all the 210 boxes 

 of artifacts and specimens that I sent in during my first year, with the exception 

 that either one number was skipped or the box with that number must have been lost, 

 have been received and forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution by the American Ex- 

 press Company. %is is pleasing news to me, of course. 



March 5. A boat coming down the Min Eiver was fired upon, and then robbed. 

 One man was killed, and one wounded . 



I recopied all the anthropometrical measurements which I took at Yachow. 



I labelled a few boxes of .specimens. I have already filled boxes including 

 number 245, and probably have enough material on hand to fill fifteen more boxes. 

 It is a problem to get paper strong enough to wrap these boxes on the outside. 



March 4. Labelled and packed boxes 244-245. 



I secured a salamander 44 inches long, or 111.8 num., and having a head with 

 the breadth of 18.5 num. 1 am sending it along after it is well cured in formalin. 



I have packed seven boxes of fish. The carpenters are making boxes just the 

 right sise for the fish. Because tin is apt to rust. and spoil the fish, I am try- 

 ing the experiment of making boxes into which the fish 'fit closely, and simply 

 Butting the fish inside these boxes wrapped in cloth that has been soaked in formalin. 



I very nearly got a good mammal today, but lost it because I tried to jew the 

 man down. He got mad and went away. 



March 5. Today the carpenter has been busy making boxes for specimens. I 

 took one anthropometrical measurement. I packed several boxes of specimens, and 

 labelled two. I took a long walk, and secured a few insects. I secured a few fish 

 specimens. I gave a prospective collector a little instruction and developed one 

 of the films I exposed on the trip to Kiating. I also took several mctures . 



March 6. Today I had the carpenter make some more boxes for shipping future 

 specimens, and purchased a large bird. I 1 11 have to get some new oilcloths made 

 for the collecting of next summer. 



March 8. During the past few days I have been getting boxes made for the 

 future shipping of specimens, and this laorning I worked out a financial statement 

 of the Smithsonian accounts to date, which will be mailed to Dr. Wetmore tomorrow. 

 Within the next few days I expect to mail all the specimens I have on hand except- 

 ing a few fish that are not quite pickled. Then I want to take a trip up the Yangtse 

 River to Shu feiang, 1 four days west of ^uifu. I have already labelled boxes of . 

 specimens up to and including K ox No. 256. 



March 9. Today I packed box no. 257, artifacts from the Han Dynasty caves, 

 and sent seven boxes to the postoffice. All may boxes are now properly wrapped, 

 labelled, and ready to send to the postoffice Monday morning. 



