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was very little sleep for anybody* Before daylight our escort came and told 

 us it was daylight and was time to start • % the light of the moon we travelled 

 over a mile before dawn* We got to this place, Hua Tan Chiao, eight; li, early 

 in the afternoon* 



We are in the midst of draught. For a long time there has been no rain, 

 and everything is drying up. Consequently we secure very few insects . ^f 

 the weather does not change, we can ndb expect a rich catch this trip* 



We are skipping Shuin Zien Si, the next village, because there is much 

 dysentery there . That will cut down our journey by about four days. 



Aug. 26. We secured definite information that there is a bad pestilence 



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of dysentery at Shuin Zien Si. We therefore went directly to Kongshien, 

 skipping Shuin Zien Si. The head militia officer at Hua Ian Chiao invited 

 me and some friends to a feast this morning, which caused us to get a very 

 late start, but we reached Konshien about 4.00 p.m. 



Apparently, in Szechuan, success in collecting depends a great deal on 

 weather conditions, especially success in securing inserts. We are having 

 luck just the opposite from that which we had on the Mupin trip, due to 

 the fact that this section is enduring a period of draught. 



Aug. 27. We got a larger number of night moths last night than on the 

 previous night, but still only a fraction of the number I would like to get. 

 Several of the night moths seem to me to be different from any I have 

 previously secured. 



During the day I had a number of children catching insects in return 

 for picture postal cards. They caught mostly grasshoppers and katydids . The 

 coolies also caught insects. 



I spoke twice in our chapel, and went to the Yamen to interview the 



magistrate regarding an escort. We will leave here tomorrow. The magistrate 

 had me return to the Yame and play the victrola. 



