Fong Tsang for two month's collecting on the Yunnan Bord.er South of Suifa. 



Every hox excepting possibly one that I liave sent, containing specimens, has 

 reached Sh^ghai and has been forvvrarded on American vessels to the Smithsonian 

 Institution. Postal conmunication is now open^with Shanghai, and is rapid. It may 

 close later. I will therefore mail all the specimens here at Suifu as early as 

 possible, excepting the Lolo armor. I regard that as too precious to send, excepting 

 in the hands of a personal friend. If I should wait, the specimens might not get 

 through till next spring. 



I have told Yang Fong Tsang to by all means 1, secure mammals, and £, secure 

 night moths, Calces, frogs, insects, birds, etc., come as a matter of course. 



Sept. 7. Spent much time labelling specimens and preparing the customs 

 declaration slips, two for each paclmge, for the postoffice. 



Sept. 8. Sent thirty-seven packages to the postoffice. Spent more time 

 labelling packages and writing customs* declaration Slips. 



Box 168, bats, snake. Box 169, lizards. 



Sept. 9. Today I sent ten boxes to the postoffice, mailing them to Shanghai 

 addressed to the American liixpress Company. I also labelled and wrote out customs 

 slips for fifteen jacisges or boxes which I will mail tomorrow. That will be a 

 total of sixty-two boxes, all zoological specimens. I have still some artifacts 

 from the Han Dynasty tombs at Kiating, and some bats in formalin, others mounted like 

 mammals. 



Sept. 10. Have sent fifteen boxes to the postoffice, making a total of 62 boxes 

 of specimens. Sent short letter to Dr. V/etmore. I have begun working over the ac- 

 counts and expect to bring them up to date within a few days. 



Sept. 11. Today I worked some on accounts and drew a map outlining the trip to 

 Ningyuenfu. 



At about 9:30 P. M. the dog was barking at something, probably at a rat. I 

 started out of the front door with a lantern to see what it was. Just in front of 

 our door I found a rare snake, and it is now in formalin. It was just such luck as 

 this that we did not have on the Ningyuenfu trip, '-^ile v/e securefil a fair catch, 

 on the whole, we worked against adverse luck practically all the time. 



Sept. 12. Filled box 170, snakes. Box 171, insects. 



Developed the first film of the Ningyuenfu trip. There are more than a dozen 

 other films to be developed. Secured a mole in the yard. Mammal ITo. 12%, 



Sept. 13. Developed more films, worked on accounts, copied anthropological measure 

 ments. 



Sept. 14. Again rumors say that civil war is certain in Szechuan Province. The 

 people say the Nationalist Government has demanded that the Szechuan military govern- 

 ment 1, dismiss most of its soldiers, 2, do away with over half of the many customs 



