laiig foag Ssang, tlie aborigine collector, iias not appeared* 



He is either doii3e> sometMng besides collecting or afraid to come 

 out because of di£trubed conditions, 



xhe collector at fachow seems to not be getting a great deal 

 of specimens • 1*11 order Mm down to Suifii if he does not do 

 better. 



About fifteen boxes of specimens are delayed indefinitely by 

 a military leader bet?/een Suifu and Chungking because he wants 

 duty paid on all parcel pacKBg'es. The Post Office ?/ill not give 

 in. All the other packages should reach Shanghai soon. 



I will begin at once jpreparing for the Bxmmer collecting trip, 

 holding that I can carry it through successfully. Betv/een now a,nd 

 summer I expect to take a triij south of Suifu. 



I intend to send specimens hereafter from here to Shanghai 

 as much as possible in the care of friends • 21iat will be more 

 e^ipensive tlian by parcel post, but quicker. 



I ¥all for^/ard this Diary at once to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. It Yri.ll probably help the secretaries understand why delays 

 in the forwarding or delivery of boxes of speciniens are sometimes 

 unavoidable. 



