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Smithsonian Ho tee 

 David Graham 



Maiamal 1166 Mupin Aug. 5, 1931 



1167 " Jan. 19, « Squirrel. 



We have labeled and wrapped all the maniuals as enumerated above, fhey 

 have been poorly skinned and wrapped. Box 19 is insects captured in Ohengtu, 

 Hov. 20, 1932 to Mar. 20, 1933# Box 20 has panda skins. Box 21 has maiBraal 

 bones, including the panda. Box 2<S has insects caught in Ghengtu, Mar. 22, 

 1931. Box 23 has insects caught in Ghengtu Mar. 1931 to 1932. Box 24 has 

 five maimal skins. Box 25 has animal bones. Box 26 has animal bones of the 

 black bear recently purchased. Box 27 has four bottles of snakes, salamanders, 

 etc* 



Mar* 8. Filled box 28 with mountain rat skins and one pheasant from 

 Mupin. Box 29 has the bones of the #iite panda, etc. Box 30 Bones of the 

 large antelope and small mamnals. Box 31, Skin of large antelope. Box 32, 

 Skin of white panda. The boys got many long legged grand-daddies but little 

 else. I had carpenters making boxes, filled and labeled several boxes of 

 specimens. 



April 11. filled Box 33, has a foot of the white panda in Box 32 and 

 also some bottled insects. Box 34, insects from Cheng tu. Altitude 1700 ft, 

 April 7-10, 1933. Today I took on a new collector of insects, etc., Mr. Li . 



April 14. I today made arrangements for a collector' to go to Yth^ Yu^ina^ri 

 Province next summer, collecting snakes, insects, etc. Filled box 35, 

 iaasects, Ghengtu, alt. 1700 ft., and Box 36, Ratskins and 12 bird skins, 1 

 pheasant, 2 blackbirds, 9 sparrows . 



April 15. Cloudy and threatening rain. We are getting a great many 

 grand-daddy long legs. At first there were many young ones but now large 

 ones are monopoliziiig the field. 



April 19. The netters have been working every day with varying success. 

 I am getting ready for a ten day trip downstream in wfciich I can train my men 

 better. Ho and Yang should not get back until about the end of my trip. 

 The netters are working both day time and night time. 



April 24. During the past few days we have had little success securing 

 insects. 



April 21. The boat started down river yesterday and we took rickshas 

 to Tsong Shiu Tsang, where we got on the boat and went on to Fu Jia Ba. 

 I have had poor success with night lanterns. Thousands of tiny gnats came 

 but no moths. 



April 22. 



May 2. Our trip to the country brought very little results. The two 

 collectors have been working daily, filling a number of boxes . The carpenter 

 Wang came from Mupin, saying he had brought a white panda to Yaohdw for me. 

 I sent him back to Mupin to collect large aammals, snakes, lizzards and frogs . 

 My two young netters have been working night and day. I have been sick with 

 influenza several days and am beginning to recover. 



