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Aug. 14. Labelled boxes 375-578, bones, Box 379-381 skins, box 382 Insects 

 and quartz crystals, 383-385, 386, 387 bird and mammal skins. 388 snake, 389 frog, 

 590 snake and frogs, box 591 snake, frogs-, etc., 592 snakes, 393 snakes, 594 frogs, 

 395 snakes, 396 snakes, 597 snakes, 398 snakes, 599 snake, 400 frogs and snake. 

 402 insects in bottles (collected previous to Mupin trip 1 . 401 frogs and snake, 

 box 403 mammal skins, box 404 lynx skin. 



Todaj/ I mailed fifteen boxes of insects, making a total of sixty boxes of in- 

 sects collected and mailed to date on the summer collecting expedition. I also 

 packed, and labelled 29 other boxes of specimens collected this summer, mamkig a 

 total to date of 89 boxes. In addition there are three white bearskins , one monkey 

 (black) skin, and three deerskins, besides skeletons of a small deer and the 

 monkey. This will make the largest total collected of biological specimens ever 

 collected in one summer's collecting trip. I have also eight boxes of snakes, 

 shrimp, etc., collected previous to the summer expedition, and yet to be packed. 

 All these boxes are filled with biological specimens. 



I am still planning to take a trip collecting south of Suifu, reaching near 

 the Yunnan border. 



This summer 1 s collecting expedition may be divided into three parts, that 

 near Mupin, that on Mt. Omei, and that south of Suifu. The third part is yet to 

 be taken, but should be fruitful. / 



Later I expect to send Yang Fong Tsang and the skinner Ho to work collecting 

 five or six months in the country about Yao Gi and Mupin, and they should secure 

 some very valuable birds and mammals. 



Owing to the fact that the films did not reach me in time, I took very few 

 pictures this summer, but I expect to take more from now on. 



Because there has been so extensive inter-breeding between the Chinese and 

 the aborigine se about Mupin that you can never be sure that you are not measuring 

 a half-breed, I did not take any anthropometrical measurements this summer — 

 another very important reason is that the district was so rich in biological 

 specimens that I felt impelled to spend all my time securing and caring for the 

 specimens. During the next few weeks I expect to get among the Chuen Miao 

 aborigines, and to take a good many measurements (anthropometrical). 



Within a few days I will send in a financial statement to date. During this 

 expedition I have refused to pay elaborate prices even for good specimens , or the 

 collection would have been larger. The expenses for military escorts was much 

 smaller than last year, due to the fact that the country was in a much less dis- 

 turbed condition. 



Dr. Orook and Chinese friends at Yachow, and Chinese officials at Mupin , 

 Yao Chi, and elsewhere lent invaluable aid. 



It seems to me that the collection, while in some respects not all I had 

 hoped it would be, is the largest and richest I have ever collected on one ex- 

 pedition. Here's hoping that it reaches the Museum in good condition, and that it 

 is all that I think it is. 



D.C.Graham 



