Feb. 4. reached Chi en V/ay. I secured two birds and shot at a 

 rabbit, but it was too far away. 



Feb. 5. In the morning there was a very heavy fog so we could not 

 travel . We finally got to Mo /'Tsi Tsang. Killed three birds. 



Feb. 7. Reached Kiating. Visited some Han Dynasty caves, and packed 

 three loads for lachow. The collectors will go into Mupin. I am taking another 

 collector to work near Chengtu. 



Feb. 8. ^ent by auto to Chengtu, arriving 5 ?. M. B ought a strange 

 owl, but it escaped. 



Feb. 9. Spoke in our Chengu church. Visited several Chengtu friends. 

 Feb. 10. Visited the city museum, and purchased some artifacts. Had 

 dental work done . 



Feb. 11. Secured some important artifacts, probably Tang or Ming 



Dynasty. 



Feb. IE, Had dinner with Dan Dye, curator of the University Museum. 

 Looked over artifacts of Han Dynasty caves in the University Museum. Lai col- 

 lected water insects. Met two Chuan Mi ao friends who had come to Chengtu from 

 beyond Suifu. 



Feb. 15. This morning I visited the tomb of a king and aueen who 

 reigned about 700 B. C, before the Chinese had entered Szechuan. I got two 

 small artifacts, one probably part of an earthenware drain, and the other a 

 piece of an earthenware vessel. 



Then, with Rev. Thomas Torrance, F.R.G.S., I visited the curio 

 street, and bought a large vase, probably 2 or 500 years old, and several snuff 

 bottles. There are so many snuff bottles being made now just to sell, that one 



