DIAHY NO. Ill 



mVID G. GHAKMC, SUIFU, SZECmJAII, OHINA. 



Ifey 27, 1928 to Ootober 12, 1928, 



M3.-J 28, filled bo-c lTo« 84, insects. Today I received notice from Shanghai 

 that nine boxes of specimens have arrived and are being fowrarded to the Smithsonian 

 Institution. I also received a letter from Dr. Wetraore aslcing that I discontinue 

 sending paclages until I hear from Dr. Wetmore again. The only parcels I have any 

 worry about are those now being delayed at La Chi. I am requesting the x)ostmaster 

 to bring those paci^ges back to Suifu so that I can ssnd them to Shanghai in care of 

 a friend who is to pass through on the way to Shanghai in a few days. 



The Chinese postoffice is really the safest and cheapest way of sending speci- 

 mens, but long delays in fon?arding parcels and even letters are sometimes unavoid- 

 able. 



May 29. Bases IJo. 86 and No. 86 were packed today, both containing insects 

 from the Yachow Prefecture secured by the collector Chen Gih Uen in April and IMj 

 altitudes varying from 1600 feet to 8000 feet. Box No. 87. Bird bones. Some of ' 

 the bird specimens I have been preserving for their bones not for their skins have 

 been nearly ruined by maggots. Today I have had to get after them with formalin 

 and arsenic. 



May 30. Filled box No. 88, bird bones and smll fish. 



June 2. Pilled boxes S9, Insects, snakes, from the Yachow 



Prefecture, Box. 91, shrimps from Suifu and 92, arti from Kiating, Szechuan, 



China. 93, rat and bird skins. 94, fish. 



Today 1 received a letter from Mr. Bavenel stating that |500.00 gold has been 

 sent to Miss Lacey to be credited to my account for a collecting trip to Moupin 

 this summer. 1*11 begin getting ready at once in dead earnest. 



June 3. Spent a great deal of time getting 32 packages of specimens ready 

 to send down the river. 



June 3, The sixteen pacisges being held by the General at La Chi were brought 

 back and returned to me through the kindness of the Sulfa Postmster. I am getting 

 them ready to send to Shanghai in the care of a friend from Chengtu. 



June 4. I worked until midnight last night getting the packages ready to for- 

 ward to Shanghai. 



Because boxes with hinges and locks go as baggage on the Yangtse river and no 

 duty is required, I have put most of the 32 boxes of specimens 4n Chinese bamboo 

 boxes with hinges and locks. I v/ill have to puichase new boxes to replace them 

 later. I have now packed the specimens all ready for shipping. I had to purchase 

 four looks for these boxes. My idea is to send the specimens to Shanghai in care 

 of some friend v/ho can ^ook after them all the way. This will be more expensive, 

 but will avoid the delays in the Chinese Post Office due to civil war, etc. 



Our Mission Executive is thinking of asking me to go to Ningyuen, in south- 



