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to Houpin next summer, I will try to spend several days digging in these 

 caves on the way back. I now have trace of two more of the vases like 

 the one bought yesterday and I expect to get them. I also expect to pur- 

 chase some wax Images or idols that are made here and are peculiar to 

 this city — these images are of various gods and goddesses, made of white 

 wax. 



Jan. 13. Chen Gin Uen came in with some fine specimens from the burial tombs. 

 Some of these were glazed, which is unusual in these caves,— most of the 

 cave goods are unglazed, A chicken sitting on a hen's back, the nose of 

 a dog, the feet and leg of a horse, images of human being^t etc., were 

 included. n 



I am planning to leave for Suifu early Sunday morning, arriving 

 Holiday morning. There have been two conferences going, the Chinese and 

 the foreign, but I have managed to secure some good fish and other speci- 

 mens, and some valuable relics. 



Jan. 14. Chen Qlh Uen brought in many more relics from the burial tombs, mostly 

 Han Dynasty or at least before the fang Dynasty. Some had a greenish 

 glaze, which is rare in the cave tombs. The collection seems exceedingly 

 interesting. I also purchased a fine, large vase of the Ming or Manchu 

 Dynasties, probably taken from a tomb. I loaded my things on the large 

 boat to start for Suifu. I have engaged a small boat to go as far as 

 CM en '7ay so as to shoot ducks and other specimens. I regard the tomb 

 specimens as very good and interesting. 



Jan. 15. I secured a small boat in order to shoot birds along the river between 

 Kiating and Kien 7ay or Chi en 7ay. She larger boat is too clumsy for 

 shooting. Killed 7 birds and wounded several, as we passed just above 

 CM en Way the cave-tombs that Baber visited and called mantsi dwellings. 

 The people who made and used these caves were no more mantsis or aborigines 

 • ' 1 than I am. I think Baber visited tMs spot in 1885 and described the caves 

 in an issue of the Royal Geographical Society's Journal soon after (1886). 

 If he had visited the Kiating caves instead of hurrying on to Mt. Orvier Ow\< 

 he would have thought differently. We are spending the night at Lla-Siu- / | i 



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Jan. 16. Arrived at Suifu so late that the baggage had to be left or the boat. 



I will get it off tomorrow morning. I had a letter from my family in Michi- 

 gan awaiting me in Suifu. Hiss Crawford arrived from Chungking also today. 

 She is a nurse in one of our hospitals, the woman's hospital. 



Jan. 17. Unpacked the Kiating catch. The grave relics make a large and important 

 display. One dish, the Chinese say, is very valuable. I got it at a low 

 price. 



-here are tombs around Riating that the foreigners have not yet found. 

 They probably contain a large number of such relics. If I can stay at Kiating 



