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stream that was above one*s knees, are spending the night at Gar Tseng. 



I met several Chinese friends when I arrived here. 



Oct. 27. Lai caught practically no night moths last night. 



key 



did not seem to be there to be caught. 



This morning we had a very bad road. In some places there was deep, sticky 

 mud. It was hard to keep from slipping on the damp stones. 



Early in the afternoon we reached the Min River . We were twenty li from 

 Gioh c hi, where we were to spend the night. 



I shot a rare bird, and we stopped to rest. We heard rifle shots not far 



away. A man irybivilian clothes came near us, and stood watching the river. 

 We thought little of it and started on. Soon a boat came down-river . The men 

 on it shouted to us that there were robbers just ahead, and that their boat 

 had been robbed. A ferryboat had just landed near us. We got into it quickly 

 and rowed to the other side of the river . We engaged a small boat to take us 

 to Suifu, and arrived just before dark. On the way I shot at a flock of large 

 cranes and sent one away with a leg hanging down. 1*11 take the journey to 

 Gifh Chi later when the river is again free of robbers. Yang and Ho escaped 

 with the collecting outfit because they were on the other side. We escaped 

 by taking the ferry boat. 



Oct. 28. I killed six birds, one a rare one. Lai secured a small 



catch of night moths last night 



29. Rain all day 



