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Dec. 17. Mansoals Ho. 15, 16, and 17. 



7/ord has come that Hiss Crawford, a nurse, is on the way from 

 Shanghai to Suifu. She can take over the Sulfa sub-treasury work, of 

 which I will be glad. I am trying to purchase a cheat) dog to use as 

 bait for the leopard, but have not succeeded. 



Dec. 18. The collector brought four mountain rats. They look interesting. 



I have dogs in sight with which to bait the leopard traps. I may 

 .tjpy it tomorrow night. 



mammal Ho. 21. 



Dec. 19. Went to the nearby mountains with the four bear-traps, the high- 

 power rifle, and the revolver to set the trans for a leopard. Slept on 

 the floor with my clothes on. Ho leopard came. 



Dec. 20. Came into the city early. Four mountain rats. Mammals Ho. I left 



one bear trap and a decoy dog with the collector so he could set the trap 

 for the leopard. 



The collector Chen has really learned how to collect small mammals. 

 When he has learned how to skin them well he can go on distant collecting 

 trips. I have not yet really begun collecting fish, but will soon. I 

 will have to purchase a tub to pickle the fish in. 



Two pounds of absorbent cotten have arrived from Chungking. There is 

 only poor grade cotton here that is not good for wrapping bird skins. 



A threatened civil war in the province has been averted. Mammals 22- 



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Bee. 21. Spent the day going to Sen Son Ohi , 40 li west of Suifu. Secured four 

 birds, one of which was -a strange duck with a bright red bill and a golden 

 brown head. Sammais ITo. 27, 28. 



Dec. 22. Government school students have been holding ant i -Christian meetings and 

 making speeches on the street . Some of them threw stones over the city wall 

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Dec. 23. Chen G-ih Uen came in with five mountain rats and two birds. One bird was 

 badly spoiled by the trap, so I threw it away* Mammals 29-33. 



Today I entertained all the head military, civil, and business leaders 

 of the city excepting one who did not appear. They included the civil 

 magistrate or mayor, the head military officers, the head tax collector, who 

 is a relative of the military governor of the province, the president and vice 

 president of the chamber of commerce, and others. These all took dinner with 

 me, and were very friendly* 



Dec. 24-25. The government school students have been raising Ned. Tiiey have been 

 making ant i -Christian speeches and putting up ant i -Christian placards on the 

 streets. They went to the Catholic Church and broke some lights. The 

 Catholics gave them a clubbing. Fearing the students would raise a mob, the 

 Catholics assembled in force to fight if necessary. This anti-Christian 



