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skin, but of course they expected the claws on the skin and the skeleton. I am 

 offering #15.00 for a skin with the ears and the claws on, and with the entire 

 skeleton. If I had more time to work here, I could get a white beer, and other 

 mammals . 



I have spent most of the day careing for specimens, and packing for the trip 

 to Moupin. Yang Fong Tsang is off on a hunting trip, and the netters have been 

 netting when it was not raining. 



The white bear skin is mammal no. 271. 



We are getting a smaller catch of night moths than we were a few days ago, 

 apparently because of the full moon. 



There are five main creeks branching off from this place, in five canyons., . 

 Their names, going in order from east to west, are Liu^Lo 1 Geo , To 2 Dao^Chiao^beo* 9 

 Ga-Dse "Geo J Ma 4 Huang Geo, and Li Ba Geo. We went up Ga Dse Geo, which is almost 

 directly west from here. 



July 17. This morning the local hunters I have been using brought in skins 

 and skulls of two musk deer, mammals no. 272-275. The men made a very poor job 

 of skinning them. The hair of one is falling out very badly. We passed over the 

 worst bridges of this district today. They were on the sides of perpendicular 

 cliffs overhanging a rushing torrent of water. 'These are as dangerous and nerve- 

 racking as the trip up Washan Mountain, I think. One of the bridges is in a very 

 bad state of repair, and those passing over are in danger of losing their lives. 



We passed two spots where robbers often appear and rob. 



We did not see a single bird ?/orth shooting today. It was rainy or threaten- 

 ing rain today, so we got few insects. 



We are in the same inn with some soldiers going to ^ao Gi to bring back opium. 



This morning the two officials at Yao-Gi, one a Chinese and one an aborigine, 

 sent me goodbye presents, and good wishes for a oleasant journey. In addition three 

 aborigines gave me goodbye presents to show me their good will. One of the officials 

 gave me a pound of butter and some deer meat. 



I have secured a second white stone which is worshipped as a god by the 

 aborigines. 



July 18. Because of the full moon, no night moths are coming to our lanterns . 

 After we first reached Mupin we had such success, securing one or two boxes of 

 insects, more than we ever previously secured in one summer's work, and I began to 

 have visions of 100 boxes of insects this summer. However, at present we are se- 

 curing no night moths on account of the full moon. 



Last night there was a very hard rain, amounting almost to a cloudburst. The 



