June 22- 



July 



About May 2nd I sent the netter Zen to Kuanshien. About June 1 he 

 started back to Ghengtu. Meanwhile the Conmiunists had started back 

 to Kuanshien and had captured Mavchow and Weichow. Some soldiers 

 mistook Zen for a conimunist spy and put him into prison -Aiers he 

 remained for several days. It was with much difficulty that I got 

 him free and the soldiers threatened to execute hiti as a spy. 

 Later I sent Zen to Mt. Omer to collect on high altitudes until my 

 arrival. ^>\v:C I 



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I am now collecting birds through Mr. A. P. Inyentin of Kiating and 

 expect to continue it during next year. I have been unable to send 

 Ho out to collect because of the communists. 



I am starting for Mt. Omer soon. A netter is working on Mt. Omer now, 

 and 1*11 hfive a man working there all summer. Just now I am very 

 busy packing. 



Exchange is getting lower and lower, so that I have less money to 

 spend this summer than for many years. This compells me to do 

 collecting on a smaller scale than I would otherwise do. 



July 8 - We arrived at Shin Kai Shi at about 8:30 a.m. Zen has been collecting 

 all over the mountain and says he has about 16 boxes of insects. 



At the foot of the mountain a big military school is being built by 

 the Chinese government. General iasimo Kian/ Hiai Shih wants to bring 

 his staff to this suTnmer resort but he need's eight bungaloes and there 

 are not that many to spare. 



July lo- 

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San is to come to Mt. Omer and spend the summer collecting here. 

 I am getting. the netter Zen ready for a few weeks steady collecting 



on Mt. Omer at the higher altitudes netting sad trapping. I will let 

 Zen and San (the University student) work together, covering Mt. Omer 

 intensively, especially on the higher altitudes. r=v^, -j l 



With the skinner Ho I will do such work as I can on the Szechuan-Surman 

 border. I will be as economical as possible, so as to get more money 

 (a balance) on hand for work on the China-Ribetan border as soon as the 

 Reds set out and that border is workable. ' > 



July 15- 



Filled boxes 531 - 546, insects secured on Mt. Omer, June end July 1935. 



This morning Mr. San arrived and I ^aye him his equipment and arranged 

 that he and Zen should work intensively on the higher altitudes on 

 Mt. Omer this summer. Then I went do n the mountain and spent the night 

 at Omeishien. Ho and I are soing to the region south of Sinpi. Su'f^UL 



Generalissimo Kiang Kiai 3hels is comins to Shin Hai Sheh within a day 

 or two. Bilotor roads have been built to the b°se of Mt. Omer and the 



roads from there to Shin Hai Sheh ere being widened and improved a 

 great deal. Today several loads of officials arrived from Ghengtu to 

 stay this summer at Shin Hai Shih. 



