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Yang Fong Tsang, the aborigine collector, has not appeared.  He is either doing something besides collecting or afraid to come out because of [[underlined]] disturbed [[/underlined]] conditions. ^[[margin insertion]] disturbed [[/margin insertion]]
The collector at Yachow seems not to be getting a great deal of specimens.  I'll order him down to Suifu if he does not do better.
About fifteen boxes of specimens are delayed indefinitely by a military leader between Suifu and Chungking because he wants duty paid on all parcel packages.  The Post Office will not give in.  All the other packages should reach Shanghai soon.
I will begin at once preparing for the summer collecting trip, hoping that I can carry it through successfully.  Between now and summer I expect to take a trip south of Suifu.
I intend to send specimens hereafter from here to Shanghai as much as possible in the care of friends.  That will be more expensive than by parcel post, but quicker.
I will forward this Diary at once to the Smithsonian Institution.  It will probably help the secretaries understand why delays in the forwarding or delivery of boxes of specimens are sometimes unavoidable.