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We now have an escort of ten men with rifles.  The farther we go westward for the next few days the more dangerous it is to travellers because of brigands.

The elevation is very gradually getting higher.  Kiating should be about 1200 feet above the ocean and here it is about 1500.

July 11. We are now a little over ten li from Yachow, which we would have reached easily if there had not been the heavy rain and the muddy roads on the first day.  We will have breakfast in Yachow. Tomorrow the helpers and I will be very busy getting ready for the trip to Ningyuenfu.  The Foreign Mission Society is helping me $120.00 Mexican on the expenses of this trip because of services which I can render the Mission in Ningyuenfu.  This means that I should not be financially embarrassed on this trip.

It rained several times today, and there was a rainbow about 6:30 P.M. This afternoon the river rose and became muddy, but it did not hinder us any.

We got one bird that looks different from anything we have collected, and a tree squirrel of a common variety.

The dispensing of medicine is a necessity on these trips to keep the coolies and the assistants in good condition.

We have passed over and through some beautiful territory, with streams, farms, and beautiful forests.  There are places which we passed where robbers sometimes appear.

July 12.  Arrived at Yachow in time for breakfast.  I was met by the netter Chen Gin Uen and Pastor Lan.  I am staying in one of the foreign houses belonging to our mission.

Today I met the City Postmaster and the City Magistrate and arranged for the military escort. I also arranged for the coolies for the trip.

Tomorrow I will have some boxes made for shipping specimans to Suifu.  I will mail specimans to Suifu rather than leaving them here or taking them along to Ningyuenfu.

Tomorrow I will also go over all the loads to make sure they are the right weight.

There is actually a state of war in Moupin between the aborigines and the Chinese so that it is impossible to collect there.  Even the bridges have been destroyed.

July 13. Packed boxes No. [[red underline]] 121, [[/underline]] insects, Suifu to Yachow; [[red underline]] 122, [[/underline]] Yachow, insects; 123 frogs from Yachow; 124 frogs from Yachow; [[red underline]] 125 [[/underline]] insects Yachow etc.  Repacked all the boxes.  Reckoned accounts with the collector, Chen Gin Uen, who has been collecting at Yachow.    Mammal No. 110

July 13., (continued) Had eight boxes made.  Packed five boxes of specimens which I am leaving here in Yachow with Miss Nelson, a nurse in our hospital, until my