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Fong Tsang for two month's collecting on the Yunnan Border South of Suifu. 

Every box excepting possibly one that I have sent, containing specimens, has reached Shanghai and has been forwarded on American vessels to the  Smithsonian Institution. Postal communication is now open [[strikethrough]] ,[[/strikethrough]] with Shanghai, and is rapid. It may close later. I will therefore mail all the specimens here at Suifu as early as possible, excepting the Lolo armor. I regard that as too precious to send, excepting in the hands of a personal friend. If I should wait, the specimens might not get through till next spring.

I have told Yang Fong Tsang to by all means 1, secure mammals, and 2, secure night moths, [[overwritten]] s [[/overwritten]] ^[[S]]nakes, frogs, insects, birds, etc., come as a matter of course. 

Sept. 7. Spent much time labelling specimens and preparing the customs declaration slips, two for each package, for the postoffice.

Sept. 8. Sent thirty-seven packages to the postoffice. Spent more time labelling packages and writing customs' declaration slips.

Box 168, bats, snake. Box 169, lizards.

Sept. 9. Today I sent ten boxes to the postoffice, mailing them to Shanghai addressed to the American Express Company. I also labelled and wrote out customs slips for fifteen packages or boxes which I will mail tomorrow. That will be a total of sixty-two boxes, all zoological specimens. I have still some artifacts from the Han Dynasty tombs at Kiating, and some bats in formalin, others mounted like mammals.

Sept 10. Have sent fifteen boxes to the postoffice, making a total of 62 boxes of specimens. Sent short letter to Dr. Wetmore. I have begun working over the accounts and expect to bring them up to date within a few days. 

Sept 11. Today I worked some on accounts and drew a map outlining the trip to Ningyuenfu.

At about 9:30 P.M. the dog was barking at something, probably at a rat. I started out of the front door with a lantern to see what it was. Just in front of our door I found a rare snake, and it is now in formalin. It was just such luck as this that we did not have on the Ningyuenfu trip. While we secure[[overwritten]] s [[/overwritten]]^[[d]] a fair catch, on the whole, we worked against adverse luck practically all the time. 

Sept. 12. Filled box 170, snakes, Box 171, insects.

Developed the first film of the Ningyuenfu trip. There are more than a dozen other films to be developed. Secured a mole in the yard. Mammal No. 121.

Sept. 13. Developed more films, worked on accounts, copied anthropological measurements. 

Sept. 14. Again rumors say that civil war is certain in Szechuan Province. The people say the Nationalist Government has demanded that the Szechuan military government 1, dismiss most of its soldiers, 2, do away with over half of the many customs