stream and was drowned* My rifle, the Smithsonian tents and 

 folding chair, and my folding bed were lost. Could find no 

 trace of man or things. Allowed to stay in the magistrate's 

 yamen, which is really a stone fortress. P. It. rained. 

 Birds w o. 395-397. 



August 8, 1924. Secured ten birds. Eleven men 

 searched the riTer all day and found the tents an. d the 

 drowned collie's trousers. Secured a few good insects. No 

 trace of the drowned man or the other things. The lost rifle 

 could better be spared from the collecting outfit than any 

 other one we have . The loss of the Newton high-power rifle or 

 a shotgun would have been serious. I'm still weak but im- 

 proving. 



Birds No. 398 - 407. 



August 9, 1924. The tents have holes in them caused 

 by the rocks in the river. The tent bag is lost. The fleas 

 are bothersome. Haven't had fruit to eat for several days . 

 Climbed a high mountain to survey the country. Saw a black 

 bear a long way off. How have four hunters to help find mammals 

 Nine birds. Secured some good insects. 



Birds No. 408 - 417. 



August 10, J924. Aborigine hunters tried hard to get 

 a deer or a mountain goat but failed. We have decided to cut 

 out that expense and secure any mammals we can by our own ef- 

 forts and without their aid. Secured eight birds. There are 

 many odd birds. here, but they are hard to get because of the 

 dense thickets. I have not been able to secure fruit to eat. 

 Bought some honey that looks like black water but tastes a 

 little sweet . Can buy no milk here. Secured a lot of inter- , 

 esting flies. Not feeling well, but kept at work. Dead man's 

 body found. 



Birds 418 - 425. 



August 11, 1924. Went upstream to a lamasery. Secured 

 23 birds, some of them new. Have decided to move near the 

 lamasery and collect a few days • There are more vegetation, 

 birds, and insects there. One tree squirrel immma^No. 11-13. 

 Two animals that eat bamboo roots. Birds No. 426~"- 449. 



August 12, 1924. Moved up the canyon to a more favor- 

 able spot for collecting. More woods and shrubbery. Rain in 

 the afternoon. Secured fifteen birds, one new variety, and 

 one squirrel. Natives say that there are few small mammals 

 in this section. Moon out every night, therefore poor suc- 

 cess with night moths. 



Birds No. 450 - 464, Mammal No. 14. 



