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Today I sent by parcel post 25 parcels to the American Express Co. at 

 Shanghai to be forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution. I have several boxes 

 of specimens on hand to be mailed later. 



Sept. 12. Filled and labelled box 452, insects in bottles . Also 

 filled and labelled box no. 453, bird skeletons. I mailed the above two 

 boxes by parcel post. 



Sept. 15. Filled and labelled: 



boxes no. 454, minnows. 



455, insects. 



456, « 

 437, !t 



These boxes have been mailed, making 125 boxes since I started for Mud in . 



Sept. 14. ^he netter JLai worked last night with a lantern to secure 

 night moths , but the moon made the sky so bright that he did not secure many. 

 This afternoon we went out netting, with meagre results. H is cloudy, 

 cool, rainy weather. 



I purchased a live mammal on the street, mammal no. 509 . 



Sept. 15. There is a full moon, and there is cool weather, with 

 almost constant rain, so the results in insects are meagre . 



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Sept. 16. Received word from the American Express Co. that the 



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fort— five boxes of dried insects mailed from Yacho^ have all been received 

 and forwarded to the United States. T his is good news. 



Today 1 fixed up a room for taking anthropometrical measurements. I 

 expect to get busy ^Ssy taking measurements soon. 



