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Jan, 1, 1950. Last night we were out at a party all night. Lai 

 brought in one rat, mammal no. 524. 



Jan. 2. Two mountain mice caught by Lai today. Mammals no, 525-526. 

 Jan. 5. Lai caught two rats, and I bought a mammal skin, mammals no. 



527-529. 



The skin purchased was killed in the northern part of Yunnan Province. 

 I got it at a very low price or would not have bought it. 

 Jan. 4. Purchased a large fish. 



Jan. 5. Purchased a rabbit . Lai got two mammals . Mammal ' 529 was thrown 

 away. Todays are numbered 529-551. 



Jan. 6-8. Very cold weather with more snow . Purchased five more 

 birds . One bird is a large crane. %immal no. 552. 



Jan. 9. Labelled boxes 487, skeletons , 488 birdskins, and 489, skeletons. 



Purchased some fish and birds, ^ai skinned a bird but made a poor job 



of it. 



Jan. 10. k *ent to Shin Tsang, 70 li. Killed a strange hawk, and two 

 strange small birds , besides others . 



Jan. 11. Returned to Suifu. Killed several birds , most of them common. 

 Last night there was a very heavy frost, and ice froze on the rice fields , something 

 very uncommon. 



Jan. 12. Lai caught one mountain rat. ^annual no. 555. B ought a young 

 wildcat, mammal no. 554. 



Jan. 15. Lai caught nothing. 



Jan. 14. Mailed three packages of specimens. Lai caught a rat, mammal 



no. 555. 



Hereafter I will have more difficulty in getting heavy boxes to Shanghai, 

 as the pos toff ice can not receive anything over 10 kilometers. I shall have to 



