August 28, 1924. Spent the morning getting the things 

 into the boat. Many small delays. Such delays and bothers are 

 coming_on in China and one of the worst bothers. A thief got 

 llnto the compound where he probably thought I was, probably 

 trying to steal the Smithsonian guns. I had taken the guns 

 to the house where I slept. 



August 29, 1924. A very hard rainstorm and driving 

 wind during the night • Reached Suifu about noon. Found many 

 duties awaiting me. Cared for insects between other duties. 

 Killed a large stork but it was poorly skinned . 



Bird No. 535. 



August 30, 1924. Conducted one marriage and two 

 funerals and held interviews, and between acts packed 27 boxes 

 of specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. These must still 

 be sewed in sackcloth and. labelled. 



August 31, 1924. Conducted another funeral. Slept 

 most of the afternoon. Read some. This is the laziest day I 

 have spent since leaving Suifu for Songpan. 



On Sept. 1st I had 47 boxes of specimens filled. 

 There are two collectors at work on Mt. Omei, whose collec- 

 tions are yet to come in. Collector Ho has been working 

 around Chengtu . Kuanshien, and Behludin for four months and 

 none of his specimens have yet arrived. The Songpan and the 

 entire summer catch is bigger than last summer's catch. 



September 1, 1924. Packed all my specimens that are 

 on hand excepting three mammal skins that were not well dried 

 and the stork killed Friday. There are about 570 birds for 

 the Smithsonian Institution. Rats partly spoiled a bird speci- 

 men, so I packed the rest in boxes • 



September 2, 1924. Practically spent all day wrapping 

 the 48 boxes of specimens on hand. Spent the evening going 

 over the Songpan account. Several letters from the U.S.A. and 

 one from the Smithsonian Institution. 



September 3, 1924. Wrote several letters, looked 

 after painters, labelled specimens of boxes. 



September 4, 1924. Walked to Shin Tsang to conduct a 

 wedding, 70 li. Killed six common birds. Hunted for rabbits 

 or hares, but found none. Saw Beh Sou Chi where about 100 

 houses were swept away by the Tangtse in high water. 



