April 18* 



I secured some interestiBg-looking insects today, mostly 

 small ones. Robbers are operating in tlie country in all di- 

 rections from Sulfa. Last night three GMnese members of the 

 Ohina %land Mission Clrurch were robbed in their bungalow on 

 the Suiiu hills. Shey were tied and beaten. I expected to go 

 up there in a day or two. 



April 26. 



Packed boxes lo. ?3 (rats), 74 (rat and bird skeletons), and 

 75 (the great fish) today. 



It is reported that the specimens at Chungking in the Post 

 Office, 59 boxes, have not been for^/zarded to Siianghai. I, will 

 soon iiaail more boxes. ■T\¥elve are no?/ ready to mail, almost, and 

 more can quickly be packed. 



Ihere 1ms really been a sort of rebellion against exhorbitant 

 taxes wiiich resulted in a battle at Li Chuaiig. Over fifty were 

 killed outright, aaid more tiian one himdred more are said to ha¥e 

 died of their wounds. Ihe coxmtry has been so disturbed that it 

 has been wise to stay in the city. 



April 25. 



Packed box Ho* ?6, insects. Box 77. 



April £8. 



Went out for a short huntiaag trip. 



April 29. 



A guest from Kiating kept me busy, but 1 secured some insects. 



:^y,:l. 



deceived Doctor Wetmore^s letter stating that the Moupin trip 

 is approved and the money assured. 1*11 begin planning right a¥/ay. 



2oday t;hree were executed on the river bank. I heard that two 

 were robbers and one a conirniinist. 



Mailed fourteen boxes of specimens to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, most of them large, boxes los. 64-77. 



May 2-5. 



2ook a trip to Hgan 3ien. Got two varieties of fish, and two vari- 

 eties of fly-catchers. 



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May 6. A box of specimens ai*rived from Yachow, collected by the netter Ohen 

 Ciih Uen. I picked the specimens all over and dried them. IDhis is box 

 lo. 78. i?ilied box Ho. 79 with specimens secured at Suifu, mostly in- 

 sects. Box no* 80, small fish. 



May 7. ^ 

 Filled boxlo. 81, fish. 



May a.. 



rainy day. Straightened out Smithsonian letters, etc. 



