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May 18. 



Reports now tiiat civil v^r 1ms actually broken out in 

 eastern Ssseciman so that now specimens can not get tlirougli» 

 I snail go on collecting-, hoover. 



May 19. 



foday I QBw soldiers drillingc all over the Mils* This 

 only happens when war is imminent. Went 26 li west of Suifu 

 on the Yunnan Hoad and in a swamp killed 9 lairds, ten in all, 

 of which there may be 4 varieties I have not received before. 



Filled box Ho. 85^ insects. 



Ifey 20. 



Wrote several Smithsonian letters re collecting', re 

 trans -shipping in Shanghai, etc. 

 Secured some nice insects. 



I bothered about the gasoline. After opening a can, 

 I have nothing to put it in. Some way must be worked out. It 

 is iii5)0ssible to secure a drum in Suifu. 



May 21. 



Solved the problem of where to put the gasoline. Used jiags 

 and bottles. 



I filled the gasoline lamps and began to try thera out. One 

 worked all right, but the other sj)rung a big leak so timt I do 

 not dare to use it. I ani much disapiDOinted. One lantern is 

 giving good satisfaction. 



I expect to leave for a three-day ,trip tomorrow. 



May 25. 



Today I returned from a trip into the countrj^. It ms the 

 60th birthday of a farmer named 2sen^ a cliurch member. AH his 

 friends and relatives gave presents, and in return were housed 

 and feasted from one to tiiree days, a fev; for even longer. I 

 secured eight birds. One of these was taken by somebodjr. Another 

 was crushed by two coolies. I give the empty cartridges to the 

 one vmo picks up the bird* Two coolies both wanted the cartridges. 

 In the scuffle wiiioh ensued to secure the bird, the bird ms 

 crushed and spoilt* It was a common bird. 



May 27. 



Have secured two bats and some insects. 

 Moirpin is at present robber-ridden. I may or may not get in there. 

 It is said that tne forests imve been cut do?m so it will jjrobably 

 be poor collecting at Moupin now. 



The civil war in the Yangtse Cxorges is over for the present. 

 Yang Sen has retreated northward. He may unite with Lin Chen Ho, 

 an enen^ of the ruling powers in Central Ssechuan, which would 

 mean more civil war later. 



