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five ducks, besides a grebe. I saw several flocks of these large cranes . I 

 also saw a large eagle of the same kind I killed near Yachow last year. 

 21. Reached Suifu early in the afternoon. 



At Kiating I purchased a strange, large mole that was caught on Mt. 

 Omei at the altitude of about 5000 feet. 



Feb. 22. The skinner Ho has been busy skinning the large cranes . 

 Their skins were oily, and it was a hard job. 



I packed and labelled box 491, mammal skins; 492-493 bird skeletons; 

 Boxes 494-500, birdskins; Box 501, mammal skins. 



Feb. 25. Labelled the Bit. Omei mammals, also mammal no. 570. Labelled 

 boxes no. 502-504, snuff bottles; boxes 505-506, mammal skins. 507 skeletons; 

 508 birdskins. 509, eel; 510 shrimp; 511 fish; 512, fish; 515 stuffed bird. 



Feb. 24. Filled box 514, skeletons. Wrapped and mailed ten boxes of 

 specimens. Purchased a large fish. 



Feb. 25. Mailed six boxes, and wrapped and labelled seven others. 

 Bought a large fish. 



Feb. 26. I will quit buying large fish unless they are very special. 

 They are quite likely to spoil in the hot weather which is coming on. 



The postoffice is unwilling to accept packages over twenty lbs. in 

 weight. I am therefore trying the experiment of cutting the largest fish into 

 two pieces, and sending them in two separate boxes . 



Filled box 515, skull of a wild boar. Boxes 516-518, skins of wild 



board. 



Feb. 27. Filled boxes 519, 520, bones of wild boar. The carpenters 

 are making boxes to put specimens in. Bought one fish. 



