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May 14, 1924. Travel led to Li Chuang. Got a sparrow 

 hawk, colored a little like a plymouth rock chicken. Caught 

 several interesting insects. A very hot, dry day. Travelled 

 about 20 miles. Hawk had red eyes - or pink. 



May 15, 1924. Arrived at Suifu. Took care of 

 specimens - dried insects, etc. 



May 16, 1924. Sent a netter for a month 1 s intensive 

 work south of Suifu. Some odd moths hatched out of cocoons. 



May 17, 1924. Mailed box No. 162, insects. A hot 

 day. Caught a few insects. 



May 18, 1924. A dry, hot day. Several moths hatched 



out. 



May 19, 1924. Busy at home. Secured some curious 



bees, lailed box No. 165. 



May 20, 1924. Busy at home. Mailed box No. 164. 



May 21, 1924. Several moths hatched from cocoons. 



Looked over birds killed on the last trip. Some were 

 in good condition. Others were wrapped with the heads next 

 to the bodies, so that the feathers did not dry smoothly. 

 The rough travel south to Suifu affected some of these. 



May 23, 1924. Mailed box 165. Collecting outfit 

 previously used by Mr. Hoy arrived at 6s SO. Brought them up 

 to the house. Was busy until ten o'clock. Had to coax the 

 coolies a great deal to get them to carry the loads. 



Was vaccinated for typhoid. 



May 24, 1924. Unloaded the boxes containing the col- 

 lecting materials. Nearly everything in good condition. It 

 is a fine collecting outfit, but a few things are the worse 

 for wear. Guns in good condition. 



Reported that a leopard was killed just outside of 

 town after he Killed one man and wounded two others. 



May 25, 1924. Feeling "rummy" from typhoid vaccina- 

 tion. 



May 26, 1924. Copied a list of collecting outfits 

 in the Smithsonian account book. 

 Wrote consul. 



Wrote Mr. Jones, thanking him for forwarding the 

 collecting outfit. 



