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of MisB Reynolds, v/hom you remeinber as one of the 
sunniest, loveljest girls in the world. She died 
after a trief illness and operation for appendi- 
citis, and perhaps the saddest part of it all is 
that she v;as engaged to 'he married to a fine young 
fellow in the Interstate Commerce Commission. This 
is the second sudden death v;e have had. You re- 
member poor Groves' death two years ago. 
Mr. Meyer v;rote as follows from Hankow, China, on May ??, 
1917: 
Yesterday morning I landed here in Hankow 
and found a pile of over 50 pieces of mail await- 
ing me, among which also several letters from you. 
I'll ansv/er those later on. 
Now the thing is this: I have changed my 
plans of travel. Instead of going further East 
and then to So. China and Manila, I'll first 
finish my correspondence here in Hankow, ship off 
seeds and specimens, and then go back to Ichang 
and from' there to the North in high mountains. 
The reason of this change is that in Ichang 
while I tried to write for a few nights and days 
in succession, so as to finish all of this trouble- 
some correspondence, nature stepped in and I got 
an attack of nervous prostration and could rot 
sleep, rest or eat any more. Dr. A. Graham of 
the Church of Scotland Mission, who was called in, 
considered the case as serious and T had to ab- 
stain from reading and writing and to walk as much 
as I could stand. Well, then I slowly improved, 
but writing tires me very much. Dr. Graham said 
that this thing was brought upon me thru over ■ 
work, loneliness and v/orries and should I get a 
few more of such attacks I v/ould have to give up. 
this work: So here v/e are! The change from 
"roughing it" to sedentary work seems harder and 
harder to over-bridge as a person gets older. 
If one could only get a bath from time to 
time while travelling in: the interior and if one 
only could have a congenial fellow white man with 
one, it would not be so hard on one. 
T have been thinking much about various things 
I have to do: getting more seeds of Pyrus ussuriensis 
seeds in the Shing lung shan region in early Sep- 
tember; getting 50 lbs. of seeds of Ulmus pumila , if 
possible in Manchuria, in early sxammor; 
getting 50 lbs. good pai ts'ai seeds in Chihli 
December 31, I917. 
