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to the home of my aborigine collector, but there is a large robber band on 

 the road, and the magistrate of this district requests me not to go. I am 

 sending messengers to Mr. Yang to bring his specimens and meet me at Kongshien. 

 I was given a feast by friends. 



Oct. 27. It rained all day. 



Oct. 28. Went to Kongshien. It was very muddy under foot. We had to cross small 

 streams nearly thirty times. 



Oct. 29. Yang the collector did not arrive. Secured a rich catch of flies and 

 some fine fossils. Sent another messenger to Yang to bring his specimens to 



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Oct. 30. Went to Shuin Gien Si. Secured more fossils and flies. 



Oct. 31. Secured nine birds. Stayed at Shuin Gien Si. A Chinese hunter was re- 

 cently idllled by a leopard in sight of the town. Was given a feast. 



B[ov. 1. Went to Sa Ho B. I was given a feast by Chinese at Em, Tan Chiao. a?he 

 head militia officers of Hua 'San Chiao and Sa Ho E called on me. Secured 

 three birds and insects. 



lov. 2. In the morning I killed a queer duck and two white cmnes, small ones. 

 The white cranes are very conmon. Going past Da^Er 0, which is famous for 

 robbers, we ran into a band of robbers. I had secured an escort of six soldiers 

 and the robbers fled. Beached Suifu about dark. 



Hov. 4. Secured an odd fish. Filled box lo. 186, fossils. 



lov. 5. I have received word that the American Escpress Company at Shanghai has 



received the 62 boxes of specimens I sent in September by parcel post, and has 

 already forwarded them by an American steamer to the U. S. A. ^ 



Filled boxes 187, turtles; 188, insects; 189, pinned insects; 190, fossils; 

 191, insects in bottles. I have just received word that a translation of mine 

 "The Sacred Book of The Original Vows of The Kitchen God" is to be published in 

 three issues of the Chinese Eecorder. Filled box 192, Bird & Mammal bones. 



Hov. 9. Today I secured three artifacts from Chinese tombs, between 100 and 400 years 

 old, excavated about 20 miles west of ^uifu. There were two vases, one large 

 and one small, and a small dish or saucer, all are of a brown color. The large 

 vase has a bright glaze and the other two artifacts have a dull glaze. 



I am securing about fifteen silver ornaments. They are san5)les of women's 

 headdress, now rapidly disappearing. The bright, blue feathers of the small 

 kingfisher are used to decorate the earrings, hair pins, and other ornaments. 

 The price is very cheap, and there may be no opportunities to secure these in 

 the future— at least after a few years. 



Pilled box 193, snake; Box 194, Lolo quiver and arrows. 195 birdskins. 



