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Smiths onian Notes 

 BaYid C* Graham 



October 27» Everything is held tip temporarily because of the disturbed 

 political conditions with threatened civil m.r. Our men have been unable to 

 collect for a short time, but I hope to get them busy soon» The carpenter 

 has been making boxes • 



October 30 • War conditions are improving and I am trying" to find a way 

 to get Ho and Yang to JCuan Shien where they can work collecting. I sent a 

 radiogram to Shanghai, urging a friend who is coming to Chengtu to bring the 

 ammunition with him* 



lovember Z. I have managed to get a passport for Yang and Ho to go to 

 Baan Shien to collect. I spent the evening preparing for their trip, giving 

 out traps, reckoning accounts, etc* 



November 3, Box 1 contains snakes # 2. 00 



»t 2 2.00 

 « 3 ^ 2.00 



4 2*00 



5 2 aflimal skins 2.00 



6 2 monkey skins, 

 1 rabbit skin 5.00 



7 ^ 1 tsu tsi skin, 1 skull (pig) 5.00 



8 1 coon skin, 1 skull of boar 5.00 



9 18 common birds, 

 1 baby leopard skin 6.00 



10 wild boar skin 6.00 



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Today we packed these and labeled them, or addressed them for Shanghai. I 

 called men to carry Yang*s and Ho's loads to Kuan Shien, but they arrived so 

 late that the collectors will have to start tomorrow morning. 



November 4. Ho and Yang departed* 



Bov. 17-19* There has been civil war in Chengtu with heavy cannonading 

 and machine gun and rifle firing. One side is slightly victorious but the 

 other side is still entrenched in the city. It is nearly impossible to get 

 into or out of the city. We are glad we are out. Today aacout aeroplane 

 flew over the city several times, then depai^ted. One foreigner's home has 

 been looted and some other foreigners have moved out here on the University 

 Campus* I did not dare let the collectors take a shotgun, for they would 

 have gotten into trouble. They are trapping* 



Dec* 14-1932* Yang and Ho got back last night. They have collected 

 just beyond Kuan Shein. Having no guns they have only secured a few birds 

 and omer 100 mountain rats, moles, etc. The mansaals of this collection are 

 numbered from 1010 to 1117. The collectors did only fair work and I have 

 had to remind them of many of the fine points to observe to make the speci- 

 mens neater - points they have learnt and unlearnt several times. They seem 

 to have two or three species of moles. We spent the evening labeling and 

 wrapping speciiiiens. 



Dec* 15, 1932* I spent several hours with Ho and Yang labeling specimans* 

 All but seven or eight of the mammels have skeletons corresponding with them. 

 There are a total of 108 small mammals in this collection, and a few birds. 



