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I am trying hard to get a good collection this summer. If I do not suc- 

 ceed, it will not be because we have not worked hard. 



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I got a total of ten birds today, but jiilled others that could not be found 

 because of dense underbrush. 



This afternoon we went hunting in woods so thick that a human being could 

 hardly get through. 



July 7. I shot two birds before breakfast. After breakfast we went huntiiE* 

 through the dense jungle-woods, then climbed to the top of this mountain, which"" 

 is about 14000 feet high. We have been looking for mammals, especially the white 

 bear, but so far success has not been achieved. 



It seems to me that we are getting the finest catch of insects I ever secured 

 on a summer expedition. 



I am going to the city, to go from there to another location, but the 

 aborigine hunters will continue to hunt, and bring in any specimens they secure. 



July 8. We got down to the city about noon. Secured two small mammals, 

 Nos. 259-260, and about eleven birds, besides insects. Yang Fong Tsang has 

 killed over twenty birds since I went to the mountain. Chen Gih Yuen has filled 

 four boxes with insects. Several snakes have been secured. Labelled boxes $29- 

 S36. 



We had a hard time engaging coolies and had to secure the help of the local 

 militia officer. 1 want to get off to higher altitudes tomorrow, rather than 

 spending a day here where it is less fruitful. 



Tonight we caught the largest number of night moths and beetles that I have 

 yet secured in China. If our catch of insects this summer does not interest and 

 satisfy the Smithsonian curators, I ! ll "miss my guess." 



Several snakes were secured by Chen Gih Yuen and. the skinner Ho during my 

 recent trip. 



During the last four days we have filled eight boxes of insects. (I skinned 

 14 birds-Ho, the rest). 



The insects caught tonight should fill two boxes. 



July 9. 0 n the ^ingyuenfu trip we ??ere very badly handicapped on account of 

 draught durihg the first half of the journey, and heavy rains during the second 

 half. This summer it is just the opposite. Since reaching Muoin there has been fog 

 a great deal of the time, and rain almost every day. Last night it rained hard all 

 night, so that the roads are muddy, and the streams are swollen. This morning it is 



still raining, so that we can do nothing but take care of the moths caught last 

 night. We hope to get started later in the day. 



