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June 21, 1924. Mailed box 174, insects* 

 Busy packing for the trip to Songpan. 



June 22, 1924* Got on the boats. Ready to start for 



Kiating. 



June 23, 1924. Started at daylight. Travelled 24 

 miles. Killed several birds, none new. Secured a few in- 

 teresting insects. Tried out one of the new shotguns. It 

 will take practice before I can use it as well as my old 

 Winchester repeater. 



June 24, 1924. An early start - boats turned tail 

 on a rapid and went back about one-half mile. Reached Kan 

 Beh Sou. Wounded but did not get a bird that I had not secured 

 before. It was in a damp place where snipe might be expected 

 but was not a snipe. 



June 25, 1924. Heavy rain during the night ♦ Boats 

 started late. Reached Ma Lin Tsang. 

 Several birds. \ v^a, 



June 26, 1924. Reached Chi en way. The boat had a 

 hard pull over the rapid. 



Light rains all morning. 



June 27, 1924. Reached Tsu' Ken f Ian ? . 

 A very hot day. Killed a yellow necked crane that was 

 standing on the back of a water buffalo. 



June 28, 1924. A very hot day. Killed bird No. 1 and 

 No. 2 on the fly. Both act like swallows, and both are not very 

 common. No. 1 stays near the water. No. 2 flies high. I saw 



about a dozen in all of No. 2 flying high in the air. These 

 were near the river. <L >, 



June 29, 1924./ Started my wife and four chi Idren to 

 our bungalow on Mt. Omei then returned to Kiating, and 

 started for Songpan. Spent the night in a dingy room where the 

 only light came from dirty glass tiles overhead and where the 

 only air squeezed through cracks, the best room I could find. 



Sent two necessary telegrams to Chengtu re the Songpan 



trip. 



June 30, 1924. Rained most of the day. Travelled about 

 26 miles to Tsang Jia' Kan°, a small village, All the crew were 

 very tired, as they are not yet hardened in. Secured six 

 birds. Had an armed escort of four men. Tried shooting the 

 45 automatic revolver. It shoots fine. Secured some good 

 insects. 



