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This afternoon I had a coolie strike. All the coolies said they would emit 

 and return to Suifu. 



We have filled one box ?d.th insects since leaving Suifu. 



The coolies, all but one, have gladly continued at their jobs. They will 

 take me to Tachow, they say, when I may change coolies, engaging fresh ones. 



We have unavoidably lost one day* s travel because of the great rain, 



June 19. We were favored by a comparatively cool weather. In the afternoon 

 we passed through Lingua "Chi' and TstfSen Tan', where a great many salt wells are 

 being operated. Lto 6 



I saw a small boy working in a coal mine, naked excepting for a cloth wrapped 

 around his head instead of a hat. He had just been beaten because he couldn't 

 pull a very heavy load of coal out of the mine. 



Between Chien Way and Suifu there are many Chinese with hair rather brown, 

 but with black or dark-brown eyes. 



At Tsu Gen Tan" there are some great ash-heaps that have been piled up during 

 the past two thousand years. 



The coolies delayed a great deal about the middle of the day, when they should 

 have hurried along. We therefore reached Kiating much after dark. The coolies 

 were nearly all raw farmer boys who were not used to carrying. They were therefore 

 so sore when they reached Kiating that they could go no farther. They would have 

 taken at least four days to get to Tachow. I have engaged new coolies who guarantee 

 to get me to lachow in three days and at about the same price as the former coolies 

 would have. 



June 20. The new coolies are much better than the old, but guarantees in China 

 do not always guarantee. We may not reach Tachow on the third clay. We reached Kia 

 Kisng in good time, 70 li. The barometers have registered just about 50 feet above 

 Kiating. 



June 21. Travelled 80 li to Tsf Heo" Gait We could have gone 30 li farther and 

 have reached Tachow tomorrow, but Yang Fong Tsang has something like dysentery, and 

 Ho the Skinner has malaria. It might have put these two important men out of com- 

 mission had I gone on. I had to secure a chair for Yong Fong Tsang. I am rather 

 tired tonight, but in good condition. 



We passed some beautifully carved memorial arches. We also passed trees full 

 of nests and birds pure-white, dull-brown, and partially white. We have not killed 

 a single bird since leaving Suifu. We have not seen more than one variety of bird 

 not previously secured, and we are saving our ammunition for the Moupin district, 

 which we believe is richer in specimens. We are rather short of shotgun ammunition, 

 and believe that this is the best policy. 



