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       to the Chinese secretary of our church's  social guild. So far the Chinese have manifested more friendship to me than even in previous times at Suifu.

Nov. 22.  I went out into the country and secured three birds on which the taxidermist and I are practicing.

Nov. 23. Unpacked some of the collecting outfit.  It just about takes up one room of our house  I keep this room locked all the time.

Nov. 24.  Secured two birds.

Nov. 25.  The aborigine hunter arrived with 32 birds and four mammals and five large bottles and several small bottles of snakes.  he will have to be instructed during the next few days so he can do a far better kind of work in skinning.
         Spent the evening labelling and rewrapping the specimens.  The snakes look very interesting.  There is room for a great deal of improvement in the care of the specimens.

Nov. 26.  Today we have been teaching the taxidermist Ho and the aborigine collector Yang Fong Tsang how to take care of mammal and bird specimens.  There is great improvement, but we have not reached perfection yet.  We have been practicing on rats and English sparrows.

Nov. 27.  Taxidermist and aborigine collector practiced on a rat.  Discussed outfit and collecting with aborigine.

Nov. 28.  Today I shot nine birds in seven shots on which the aborigine collector practiced.
          The old collector Chen Gih Uen arrived with a small collection ready to begin work.  He had some insects he had collected on the way.  He begins work tomorrow.  I received today a letter from Dr. Wetmore and the first letter from my family since leaving Victoria.

Nov. 29.  Yang Fong Tsang the aborigine today started home to renew collecting, and today Chen Gih Uen renewed his work of collecting.  He will net and trap. Today I also wrapped my first package of specimens, three mammal skins and some small snakes collected by Yang Fong Tsang. Box No. 1.

Nov. 30.  Purchased a live mammal, resembling a coon.  It was very fat, and it was a very hard job to get the fat off the skin. The skinner worked over half a day on this specimen and I spent all the time I could spare.  (mammal No. 7)

Dec. 1.  Mailed the first box of specimens.

Dec. 2.  Mailed boxes two and three. Collector Chen came in with four rats he had
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