weather has been so hot that there has been danger of the skins rotting in 

 some place, as actually happened with the leopard skins, I dried them near 

 the stove, and two of the skins were scorched and discolored above the nose. 

 It looks as though all the mammal skins above the ordinary rabbit skin will 

 have to be preserved as flat skins . 



June 1st* I went to the mountains to train theboolie that I hope will 

 act as netter • Killed one bird. I am saving my anmninition for the Moupin 

 trip • A very hot day. 



June 2. Today was a busy day. I delivered two addresses. I gave the new 

 netter some instructions and he went netting, this afternoon ♦ 



tar has broken out in Szechuan again. Boats are being commandeered. 



June 3rd. Packed box no. 299, mammal skins. The new netter, Lai, worked 

 all day catching insects. Worked a little getting ready for the summer excursio: 



June 4th. Packed box 300, insects. Received two letters from Dr. Wet more. 

 Did considerable packing for the summer trip. It rained all last night and most 

 of today. 



June 5th. billed box No. 501, fish and one snake. Mailed 17 packages of 

 specimens. 



June 6th. I spent some time packing today. There was a long committee 

 meeting that took considerable time. 



I am building high hopes for the Moupin trip, but today some bad luck showed 

 its face. I sent a messenger a few days ago to bring in my aborigine hunter, 

 Tang Fong Tsang. Today he returned. A large band of robbers is operating on the 

 Yunnan border between the home o ;> Yang Fong Tsang and Suifu. They have looted 

 several small towns. There is war bet?/een them and the militia. The messenger 

 was unable to get to Yang Fong Tsang, and the latter may not get to Suifu for the 

 Moupin trip. 



Another indication of bad luck is that there is draught at Kiating and at 

 Yachow, which has doubled the price of rice. This will mean that some of our 

 expenses are higher this summer. 



^e will be disappointed if Yang Fong Tsang is not with us on the Moupin trip. 

 We need him badly. He will be safe where he is, Jwrt there are caves to hide in 

 where an enemy hardly dares to draw near, but we may have to make the trip without 

 him. 



June 7. Chen Gih Uen, the old netter, came in with six bottles of frogs, a 

 large weasel, Mammal No. 248, six small bottles, and three boxes of insects, Box 

 302-504. \A 



June 9. Received letters from Dr. Wetmore and Dr. Schauss. 



June 10. To my joy Yang Fong Tsang arrived today, with six boxes of insects, 

 and a good numb r of snakes . He got a few mammals and birds, but this time he 

 specialised in insects. We ?/ill have all the old collectors back again, and in 

 addition a carpenter with a Chinese rifle, and a new netter whom I am training. 



