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April 18.
   I secured some interesting-looking insects today, mostly small ones. Robbers are operating in the country in all directions from Suifu. Last night three Chinese members of the China Inland Mission Church were robbed in in their bungalow on the Suifu hills. They were tied and beaten. I expected to go up there in a day or two. 

April 25. 
  Packed boxes No. 73 (rats), 74 (rat and bird skeletons), and 75 (the great fish) today. 
  It is reported that the specimens at Chungking in the Post Office, 59 boxes, have not been forwarded to Shanghai. I will soon mail more boxes. Twelve are now ready to mail, almost, and more can quickly be packed. 
  There has really been a sort of rebellion against exhorbitant taxes which resulted in a battle at Li Chuang. Over fifty were killed outright, and more than one hundred more are said to have died of their wounds. The country has been so disturbed that it has been wise to stay in the city. 

April 26. 
   Packed box No. 76, insects. Box 77.

April 28. 
   Went out for a short hunting trip.

April 29. 
   A guest from Kiating kept me busy, but I secured some insects. 

May 1. 
   Received Doctor Wetmore's letter stating that the Moupin trip is approved and the money assured. I'll begin planning right away. 
   Today three were executed on the river bank. I heard that two were robbers and one a communist. 
   Mailed fourteen boxes of specimens to the Smithsonian Institution, most of them large, boxes Nos. 64-77.

May 2-5.
   Took a trip to Ngan Bien. Got two varieties of fish, and two varieties of fly-catchers. 

May 6. A box of specimens arrived from Yachow, collected by the netter Chen Gih Uen. I picked the specimens all over and dried them. This is box No. 78. Filled box No. 79 with specimens secured at Suifu, mostly insects. Box no. 80, small fish. 

May 7. 
   Filled box No. 81, fish. 

May 8. 
   A rainy day. Straightened out Smithsonian letters, etc.