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A Bvjmy day. Met tmirj friends at C^i 2ien Ba, at Man Jia ?in, 

 and at Li !Ihian Isang- the last place tlie cMldren were first 

 afraid and ran amy, but later "became very friendly. 



Feb. 22. 



Ifemmal Ho. 70, a mole. Went to %an Lin GMao. Met imny old 

 friends. Secured one bird. 



ii*eb • 23* Lf-i\ L| 



travelled from Hgan Lu CMao to Cxi Oliuang on foot 110 li, or 

 about thirty miles, all on foot. Secured only one bird. She road 

 was in many places middy and slippery beyond description, due to a 

 rain last night. 



Feb. 24. 



Travelled from Li ^huang to Suifu, securing four birds". I found 

 ■that the thieves have dug a simll hole through our brick wall. It 

 looks as if they were trying to get in. I'll have to be on the 

 watch, and the watch^-dog will be of invaluable value. I will notify 

 tiie police headquarters tomorrow and see what they will do* i?oday I 

 wounded a duck tiiat escaped. 



Feb. 25. 



Ohen Sih Uen returned with eleven wild mice and a few insects. 

 Mammals l"o. 71-81. 



Feb. 26. 



Chen Gih Uen came in. with a small catch of insects. Packed 



some specimens* 



Feb. 27. 



Chen G-ih Uen came in with a wild rat and insects. Maniiml .No. 82. 

 At present we have no coimiranication with tne outside world. Hot even 

 letters get through the Yangtse gorges . V/e have to do the best we can 

 with the materials we have on hand, and keep collecting the specimens 

 amiting the day when the specimens can be forwarded. I ,am using the 

 shotgun shells very sparingly, for there is no telling wiien we can get 

 more. 



I am daily^ almost^ taking anthropological measurements, but bones 



are impossible and collecting them would raise a riot. 



Feb. 28. 



Ghen G-ih Uen brought in two wild mice. ^3;nimals Uo. 83-84. 



Hhroh 1. 



During the last few days we have had some excitement. Students 

 of a middle school at Ohei^tu killed their principle and threw him. 

 into a well. At least 14 were executed. It is said that one thousand 



and four hundred fled home for fear of execution. Two Suifu students 



