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April 4* Yang Fong Tsang has arrived with his two leopards ♦ There are 

 also forty-seven small mammals • I spent a good, deal of time labelling the 

 specimens, reckoning accounts, etc* There are five bird skeletons and skins • 



Mammals No* 189-254 were ail small mammals . Small leopard No ♦ 255 

 M Large » « 256. 



This work kept me busy until after eleven ?. M # In the afternoon I had a 

 physical examination, and am in good physical condition. 



April 5. Last night I took the two leopard hides and skeletons into my 

 bedroom, because in any other room in this house rats might get in and injure 

 the specimens. A large rat evidently smelt the specimens, for about twelve o f clock 

 one began gnawing loudly on the woodwork on the outside of my room trying to get 

 in. He kept this up three hours , in spite of anything I could do, merely stopping 

 temporarily when I made a noise. Then he gave it up and went away. 



Yang Fong Tsang caught the small leopard in a trap, but to secure the large 

 one he had to secure the help of several hunters, who cMSim most of the specimen. 

 1 have had to reward them twenty dollars gold. Such difficulties are generally 

 faced in getting large mammals excepting when one is fortunate enough to secure 

 the specimen himself. 



The coolie who brought Iang f s load is a Chuan Miao, so I took his anthropo- 

 metrical measurement yesterday. 



Filled box 285, bird and ratskins, 266, filled with fish. See notes of 

 April 14. The numbers of these were changed later. 



Purchased a strange fish. T ook two anthropometrical measurements today and 

 some pictures. 



The Eastman films ordinarily have paper and mucilage so that you can stick 

 the second end of the film fast. The last batch cannot be stuck fast, so that 

 the films rolled up in rolls and spoiled. This makes it necessary to send the 

 films to be developed instead of developing them in my own tank. 



A number of people have called to see the two leopards today. I have spent 

 much time getting Yang Fong Tsang ready for .his work during the next two months. 

 He leaves tomorrow. 



Saturday, April 6. I spent today on the nearby mountains collecting. I 

 did not see a single thing worth shooting, but caught a number of insects ♦ I 

 spent some time training a man who might possibly do as a collector. 



It was a good day, but tonight it is raining hard. 



April 7. This afternoon I went out collecting with a new man who wants the 

 job of collecting. I will give him some training, and if he makes good, he can 

 have the job. 



April 8. The new collector worked by himself today and while he brought 

 back a number of insects, he brought back nothing worth while. I suspect that he 



