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Smithsonian Notes 

 David C. Graliam 



future. I had a long talk with the leader today. Ho and Yang are due soon. 

 A friend has agreed to take my specimens to Shanghai and turn them over to 

 the Ameriosua Espress Company. 



Pefc. 28. I went out with a student to teach him to net. His name is 

 Pen, and he wants to collect for me regularly. 



March 3. Pen netted hut got only some "grand-daddy long legs." I 

 telegraphed to Chingtsin for three kerosene lanterns and two gasolene lanterns. 

 I eacpect to push the collection from this time with vigor. 



March 6. I have begun training a new netter, Mr. Yao. Today it was cold 

 and we caught almost no insects. I have had six tin insect or cyanide cans 

 made for future use. Glass bottles are expensive and will break. 



March 7. The netter has caught a fine lot of small diptera. 



March 8. Today Yao got very little and i gave hia some more instructions 

 and jacked him up. 



larch 11. The coolie Yao is collecting dally but has not learnt the tiiek. 

 well yet. The student Pen collected this afternoon and did well. Another 

 student, San, collected water insects. He got mostly shrimp and only worked 

 about an hour or two. Ho and Yang have not appeared yet, although they are 

 now overdue. I am writing to Suifu about them. 



March 12. I am numbering the white panda skeleton and skin 1116. and the 

 skin without a skeleton 1119. i am calling carpenters to fix boxes in which 

 to ship them to Shanghai. I am numbering a box of insects. Box 19. 



March 16. Filled Box 20 with the two panda skins and Box 17 with the 

 panda skeleton. I will send these to a friend who goes do^m the river about 

 ig^^ fjj^Q netter got a large number of small insects today. 



March 18. I have haa two netters wonting today. They got a lot of in- 

 sects but not a large variety. 



Mar. 3^ 1933. Yang Fang Tsang and Ho, the skinners, are back. Yang 

 had a son bom and he diad just before he was to start to Ghengtu. Dr. Crook 

 writesfrom «feaae*ti that he is forwarding all the skins, etc., he has for me. 



Mar. 27, 1933. A cold, rainy day. The netter got little. I spent con- 

 sidirable time today getting passports for Yang and Ho for their trip collect- 

 ing west of Kuanshien. I spent the vdiole evening getting their outfit ready 

 and reckoning accounts. 



Mar. 28, Ho and Yang have started on their collecting trip. This morn- 

 ing I went and interviewed Gen. Den Shih Ho and secured a passport for Ho 

 and Yang, so their gun and amaunition would not be taken away from them. 

 Today was rather cold so the netting was poor. 



Mar. 31. I bought a yotmg black bear ahd have had him skinned, i am 

 preserving the ooDSplete skeleton, Manmal 1120. The skinner made the mistake 

 of cutting the gristle out of the ears. 



