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We will delay another day so as to give Yang an opportunity to fully 

 recover before starting, 



I am working over ^mithsonian accounts and hope to mail a report of the 

 Mupin trip tomorrow. 



Aug, 23. It is so hot and dry that the grass and the vegetables are 

 dying. ^ . 



lang F ong Isang is very much better, and we expect to leave tomorrow. We 

 are taking only seven loads, and three of the five collectors. 



Aug. 24. W e took a boat from Suifu to San Kuang, crossed overland at 

 San Kuang, and went sixty li up the San Kuang river to Yoh K eo. We coiad 

 have gone farther, but there is a place between Yoh Key and Sa Ho E where 

 robbers constantly appear. The escort will come at daylight tomorrow and 

 go with us as far as is necessary. It was a hot day, and we secured only 

 a few insects. The farther we go from Suifu, the better the collecting 

 should be. The weather has been very dry so long that much of the vegetation 

 has died, and the collecting of insects will probably be much less fruitful 

 than it should be, and would be in better weather. 



Aug. 25. Last night we had scarcely gone to sleep before a man began 

 to shout at the door of the inn. It reminded me of a minstrel in U.S.A. 

 merely shouting rather than singing a song. This man shouted so loudly that 

 there was no sleeping. We persuaded him to stop. He was merely reading 

 a book for the benefit .of all. t»ome praise his reading, saying it sounds 

 good, and he shouted loudly so all could hear it. 



After he was quieted, coolies were constantly coming into the inn 

 with loads and they talked loudly. This kept up until daylight. There 



