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time, but in a day or two I'll run out of paper to wrap moths in and will have 



to buy local paper, which is very poor, and expensive • We are getting the largest 



catch of insects this year that we- have ever secured. 



§ In order to make good in securing natural history specimens , I am spending 

 all my time collecting, and taking no time for taking anthropological measurements . 



July 12. I spent the day climbing mountainsides, and forcing my way through 

 dense forests with thick underbrush, practically all the time on ground so steep 

 that it was difficult to walk. Much of the time you could not see an animal fifty 

 feet away from you for the underbrush. We saw plenty of signs of animals, includ- 

 ing the white bear, but not a single bear. I got a pheasant, a common bird, and 

 two birds of a variety new to me. The pheasant is like the one I killed several 

 days ago. 



Yang Fong Tsang and Chen Gib. Uen are working on the other side of the river. 



I think some of the coolies have been stealing the rat-traps. One disappeared 

 today that was tied to a twig by a wire. 



During the last few days we have been partly living on wild herbs that the 

 natives call mountain vegetables . One kind is a kind of a wild onion . I have 

 been eating wild strawberries also. 



We are running completely out of foreign paper with which to wrap insects, 

 and will have to purchase cheap Chinese paper. It will not be easy to get even 

 that . 



July 15. Last night it was very cold and damp. There was a heavy dew. On 

 account of the bright moonlight, we did not get many night moths. This morning 

 we moved down to the creek and are living very comfortably in a shed owned by an 

 aborigine. I spent the afternoon hunting in the dense woods , but, although there 

 were many tracks, we did not see any wild animals. We got a new kind of snake. 

 Yang Fong Tsang is still hunting on the other side of the creek. 



The altitude here is 8600 ft. 



We ran out of food this morning, but have now a good supply. 



We are surrounded by dense forests . There are many wild animals but it is 

 nearly impossible to get to see them. 



My handwriting in this diary is often poorer than it would otherwise be, be- 

 cause I am often so sleepy that I can hardly hold my eyes ooen? when I write in the 

 diary. We often work from daybreak until quite late at night. The crystal of my 

 watch is broken, so I have to merely guess at the time. 



July 14. In spite of the fact that last night was a "moonlight night," we got 

 a very large catch of night moths, and the new netter L ai voluntarily staved up 

 until almost daybreak. I woke up and sent him to bed. 



The natives tell us that the best time to hunt wild mammals successfully is 

 during the winter months when there are no leaves on the trees, and the animals can 



