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with a very deep and attractive color.  [[strikethrough]] One variety is a wild marigold with a very deep and attractive color. [[/strikethrough]]]

We got seven birds.  We got a fair catch of insects as to numbers, and some of them are quite different from anything we have previously caught.  

This district is rich in wild mammals, and we are [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] anxious to get them, but there has recently been war between Chinese and Lolos, which makes it less safe to hunt here.  In addition, the local district ruler practically has a monopoly on the wild animals.  The aborigines sell the game to him, and he makes a good profit on it. He is, therefore, very unwilling for us to shoot here, and would like us to move on quickly.  However, he is going hunting with me tomorrow, and I will use every method possible to prolong our stay and to secure specimens.

Aug. 9. I was granted an escort of eight Chinese soldiers and four full-blooded Lolos and went up a stream as far as the escort would approve.  We got eleven birds and some good insects, but no mammals. We therefore are going on to Fu Lin hoping to secure a good catch there. I managed to take anthropometric measurements of five Lolos who are supposed to be full-blooded.

We visited the home of a "Black-boned" Noso family. From the outside, it seemed to be typical of the other Noso homes--they all looked about the same from the outside. There was no image of a god of any kind inside. The only thing visible that reminded one of Chinese religion or religion of any kind was a stick, to which feathers were pasted, that had been stuck into the wall just outside the door. This was to keep away demons that might injure the inmates. The walls were of large and small stones plastered together with clay, and were not very high. The roof was of shakes held in place by rocks placed on slats that were crosswise to the shakes. There was only one door and no window or chimney.  There was a sort of a bureau, rudely made. The beds were on bamboo mats on the ground. There were several large baskets or bins in which potatoes or other things were stored. The smoke escaped through cracks in the roof and in the walls. It was so dark inside that one could hardly see without a light. There were rude partitions made of bamboo separating the house into four rooms.

Some of the Lolos wear earrings made of large red corals. Some of these earrings have also bright yellow beadlike ornaments, as large as a crabapple, which they claim are made of beeswax. They are valued very highly. The Lolos claimed that an earring with a silver hook worth about fifty cents Mexican. A few red coral beads, and a large yellow beeswax bead was worth about forty-two dollars Mexican.

Aug. 10. A.M. I do not believe that generally success is determined merely by luck, but this summer we have been playing almost continually against hard luck.  Last night the rain simply poured all night, and this morning the rain is still pouring. This means that the road is impassable above us, where the stream must be crossed in several places and where there are no bridges.  The traps were set last night, but no mammals were caught. Practically the only thing we can do today is to rest and to dry our insects over a fire where the smoke is quite apt to get into one's eyes. It has turned pretty cold. Yang Fong Tsang caught cold yesterday and is still under the weather. Here it is impossible to secure mammals, and the hunters do not bring any in. I hope for and expect better luck when we reach Fu Lin.

The rain ceased about two o'clock and this afternoon we secured seven birds and
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