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July 28. Last night t^ere was a heavy thunderstorm with rains. 



We reached Yachow in good time. 1 paid 013" the coolies. The raft has already 

 been engaged for the trip dovm the river towards Mt. Omei «&t one spot today the escort 

 was ar^roliensive about robbers. The weather is quite hot. 1 am stopping at the home 

 of Dr. Crook, who will go to Mt. Omei with me. He has given valuable assistance dur- 

 ing the trip to ^upin. 



Labelled boxes 559 and 560, which have already been filled. 



July £9. Today the five native collectors and I worked hard, and redried all 

 the dry insects, and packed them* 1 mailed them by parcel post, a total of forty- 

 three boxes in all. Some 01 these are very much larger than the average insect box. 

 We mailed two boxes of dried insects when we passed through Yachow to Bluplxt, so that 

 since leaving fc>uifu we have filled a total of forty-five boxes of dried insects. I 

 believe that they rtill total over twenty thousand dried insects, the largest number 

 1 ever sent in as a result of one summer 1 s expedition* There is also a large number 

 of insects in small bottles that is not included in the above, to be sent later . It 

 seems to me that the collection of insects I am sending in is not only the largest 

 but the richest in value that 1 have sent in to the Smithsonian Institution . 



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every one of the magistrate's soldiers is out fighting robbers • All we can do is to 

 prepare to defend ourselves if the robbers appear as -they did last year. Dr. Crook, 

 our foreign physician, at Yachow, is coming along on the raft with me tomorrow and if 

 we are attacked he will use the Newton highpower rifle . Yang Fong Tsmg will handle 

 my Winchester repeating shotgun, the carpenter Wang will use a Chinese shotgun, and I 

 will use the double-barrelled Smithsonian shotgun and the 45 colt automatic revolver. 

 All the collecting outfit is on the raft and I am sleeping on the raft tonight to hel 

 look after the outfit. 



There is an actual war going on between the Government troops and the brigands 

 near Yachow. 



Julv 50. A thunderstorm last night made the river rise, so t 



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The gorges where the robbers last year ordered us to shore were free from ro' 



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The letter I wrote from Mupin ordering coolies from Mt. Omei apparently did not 

 . its destination, so that our coolies have not arrived. I am ordering coolies, 

 and hope to reach the mountains after dark tomorrow night. 



July 51. My coolies arrived at midnight. We travelled very rapidly, starting 

 at daybreak, and reached my bungalow on Mt. Omei about 5:50 p.m. Yang Fong Tsang is 

 hunting at a lower altitude. Chen Gih Uen has set some trans , and is using the 

 lanterns tonight, but with only moderate success. Not many night moths are seeking the 

 lanterns . 



Our stsv on Mt. 0fng>T ■own 7- be shorter tban I ewpected less than two wee^s. 



