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has to be very careful to get the genuine old ones. 

 Lai collected water insects. 



Feb. 14. I lectured before the West China Border Research Society. 

 Lai collected water insects. 



Feb. 15. I spent the day collecting artifacts, etc. Bought 

 several good snuff bottles for the Smithsonian Institution. 



Feb. 16. Lectured on the aborigines of West China. 



I heard that Mr. Edgar of Tatsienlu is at Mating and will soon 

 leave for Chengtu. I telegraphed him to await me at Kiating. I did this in 

 order that we could arrange for the summer collecting trip to Tibet. 



Feb. 17. Saturday I arranged with Mr. Franck, lepidopteriet, to 

 overlook my netter Lai, who will collect near Kuanshien this spring. 



Feb. 17. I have been buying artifacts for the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution. I have secured a number of good ones, but none are very expensive . 

 Some are snuff bottles. The imitations are terrible, and one needs to be 

 constantly/ on the lookout. 



Feb. 18. I finished making arrangements for the work of the netter 

 Lai, and preparing for my return to Suifu. I am going overland by mo tor bus, 

 but the things, artifacts, I have been collecting are to be brought down by a 

 friend early in March to Suifu. 



Tonight the wild geese flew over, migrating northward. 



Feb. 19. I got up very early, and went by ricksha to the bus station. 

 Thence I travelled by auto bus to Kiating, arriving at 2 P. II • 



At Kiating I met my old friend Edgar, F.R.G.S., who is to go with me 

 on the Tibetan trip next summer . We had supoer together at Lovegrens. 



Feb. 20. On a small boat I started for Suifu, arriving at Ma Lin 

 Tsang, where we stopped for the night. I killed two of the great cranes, and 



