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My friend. Rev. Geo. Franc)(, who collects moths and butterflies 



this 



has been a ve: 

 f lies . 



joor season for collecting on Ht> 



Auec. 1. Collecti 



than USU? 3 I On thlf S THOUPi 



*i 4- o 4 



4* 



r n i o c* in 



SO 



i 



glad tha 



$t &W8.V *bo Suifu 8, XI 



xer 



we expected to. 



Yang Fong Tsajig and Chen Gih Yue: 

 or six days. This is a better collec 



here* The c: 

 lectins for i 



)r 1; 



*o to the Si Gi Pin tomorrow to collect five 

 ig spot than this is. Lai and I will collec 



-ork instead of col- 



Cf C3 till O 



"1 n T Ci 



Aug. 2. Yang Fang Tsang and Chen Gih Yuen have gone to the Si Gi Pin to col- 

 lect 5 or 6 days. Lai is netting here at Shin 



At 



overloc 



* %J « 



eci 



Yachow. 559-56< 



358. i;. 



-7- hAori fi 



lbsr was orobalr 



>ed or 



Mr. Franck thinks tha 1 

 to the fact that last winfci 

 xns ects . 



noptera here this year is prSbably 

 usually severe winter. Also labelled box no. 361 



Aug. 4. Last night moths i 

 eleven o'clock, when a very strong, 

 moth collecting for the night. 



r© c 



cold 



the lantern 

 ur>, v it 



n 



c y p 



ffll . 



soo 



>ut 



the 



he skinner Ho hat. malaria, but I am doctoring hi 



It seems to me that Shin Hal Si on Mt. Omei is a very much poorer 

 to catch insects than it was a few years ago. I find it also nearly ii 

 find wild mice to trap. In the future t shall collect here only when - 

 better olace to collect that I can pet to. 



to 



no 



tUwT . 



bO -LC 



catcl 



average a 



a c * 



eet. Some of them seem to be very int 



ig at Shin Kai Si this summer are 

 set at the altitudes of about 15 

 isting. Moths that we used to 



1 f% C\ f~\ "I o * 



ot seem t 



« 4- 



01 



•6. I tramoed through underbrush and alone sides of 



mount 



in search 



*{5 ox rat-s an 

 We are getti 



m savxi 



OVXiQ. 



r o plSpCes reseishlin^ the haunts of wild 



ir catch of insects tonight* Secured 



the 



f:\r-. 7. Secured a white-headed bird. 



here by the carpenter for the specimens 



i eit: 



I am planning to have boxes mad 

 gathered on the Mupin trip so that the specimens can be 

 mountain or soon after reaching Suifu. I want to get in three or 

 collecting in the district south of Suifu, before the weather cools off. Filled 



*e on the 



eescs of 



mo. labelled boxes no. 562, 585, 



*.:f 



all xn sects . 



Aug. 8. The stars were so bright last nig! 

 .er than usual. 



.t the catch in nic 



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k 4* V» c x v c? 



