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September 5, 1924. Walked 30 li to An Bien before 

 breakfast. Three hundred houses were inundated at Hyan Bien 



Eight birds, 536 - 543. 



September 6, 1924. Spent most of the day labelling 

 specimen boxes. Got them practical iy all labelled. 



Mr. Franck of the Century Magazine arrived - a 

 traveler -and author, who has been through Yunnan and Szechuen. 

 Mailed four boxes of specimens. 



September 7, 1924. Took a walk over the hills with 

 Mr. Franck. 



September 8, 1924. Work around home, lots of Mission 

 business. 



September 9, 1924. Mailed several boxes of speci- 

 mens by parcel post. 



September 11, 1924. Filled up two more boxes of 

 specimens secured at Mt. Omei. 



Mailed four boxes of insects by parcel post. 



September 12, 1924. Received another letter offering 

 to purchase all kinds of specimens at good prices. 



Mailed one box of specimens, insects, by parcel post. 



September 17, 1924. Sent netter Chen with nets and 

 traps to collect and trap for about a month on the Yunnan 

 Border, three days T journey south of Suifu on the high moun- 



short visit later. 



September 18, 1924. Mailed the last of the fifty 

 boxes of specimens secured during the summer. All the speci- 

 mens are now on their way to the National Museum, excepting 

 those caught by the netter Ho - which will reach me later 

 and which he secured near Chengtu and Kuanshien. 



September 20, 1924. My wife had a nervous breakdown. 

 She will recover slowly. 



swept away. 



September 10, 1924 



Mailed four boxes of specimens. 



