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Hov. 15. Seciired a strange owl. 



Uov. 17. I mailed today an article "Mysterious Potency in the CMnese Religion" 

 for publication in the Chinese Recorder. I am getting ready for a trip of 

 five days in which I should be able to do some collecting. 



lov. 26. The collecting trip ITov. 20-22 was not very fruitful and not very ex- 

 pensive. I went west of Suifu to Ugan ^ien and Shin Tsang. 



I am now unusually busy in Suifu, but in a few days expect to have more 

 time to collect. Yang Fong Tsang should be in soon. 



Dec. 2. Labelled mammal skin 131 and a number of birdskins. I telegraphed to the 

 netter Chen ^ih Uen at Yachow to collect until conference when we can decide 

 matters for the future. He has veiry desirable capabilities as a collector. 

 He wants more wages, and possibly oiaght to have it. It is a difficult problem 

 in which it is easy to make a mistake. He can help distinguish and collect 

 different varieties of fish, knows the Kiating- Han I^masty caves as none else 

 does, nets, traps, etc. He gets valuable specimens, but it often seems to me 

 he ought to get more of them. 



I have been tied down with a very heavy program during the past two weeks. 

 Prom now on I hope to collect more. I am to go to Yachow in January. I may 

 be able to go on to Moupin, then hunt or shoot down the Ya River, which is 

 famous as a duck-hunting district. 



Dec. 4. Mammal ITo. 132, a mole. 



Dec. 5. ©lis afternoon I took a hunting trip up the Min River. I secured five 



birds. I could have secured more, but I have a sufficient number of sane kinds 

 of birds. I saw some birds that are rare, but I did not get close enough to 

 them to shoot them. I hope to go out for a whole day of hmting day after to- 

 morrow. 



Dec. 7. I went back today to hunt at the same place as on I^ec. 5. Secured four 



birds. The stupidity of the coolie probably prevented me from securing a wild 

 goose or a very large gray duck. Today a crazy man went into the yard of Dr. 

 Tompkins and raised a lot of excitement. He was soon overpowered. 



Deo. 9. Tomorrow I leave on a six-day trip along the Min River, coming back by 

 boat. I hope to get a few birds. 



8-16. I have taken a trip up the Min River, a seven-day trip, securing sixteen 

 birds, two mammal skins, and some insects. We had several days of rainy 

 weather. At Gi£ Chi a wolf had been killed two days before, but very poorly 

 skinned. I did not succeed in purchasing the skin. The ovmer asked from me 

 six times what others bought such a kind for. I think I have located a fine 

 district in which to hunt maiauals later. 



