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- 16 - some fine insects. I took a picture of this town and of some Lolos and measured three Lolos, one full-blood and two of mixed blood. One bird is of a variety that I have not secured before. Between this place and Ningyuenfu there are many ruins of towers and fortresses, and nearly every town in walled. All this is or has been as a protection against the Lolos. One of the coolies carrying our loads became ill and dropped out. He died yesterday and has already been buried. Aug. 11. We came into this part of Szechuan during a time of draught. We are going out during the time of excessive rain. It rained all last night and was raining this morning when we got up. We could have accomplished nothing at Den Shiang Uin but we could travel, and that is accomplishing something. We crossed the Shiao Shiang Lin Pass in a heavy fog, with a drizzling rain. We got a few specimens. The streams were all swollen, and in crossing one of them a box containing the medicines, the kodak films, etc., fell into the creek. Tonight it kept several of us busy drying out the wet things. We had to wade creek after creek, and one creek was so high that we had to pay Lolos to carry us and the boxes of baggage across. We had a heavy escort, but it cost us much less than it did to cross this pass to Ningyuenfu. Yang Fong Tsang, the hunter, was sick and had to hire a horse to ride. Tonight the other two collectors have colds. and one of the coolies has diarhhea. I think that there is probably not a day on a trip like this when someone, either one of the coolies or one of the Chinese collectors, does not need medicines. Today I purchased some stone pipes that are made and sold on the south side of the Shiao Shiang Lin Pass. Most of the work of shaping and polishing is done on the south side of the Da Shiang Lin Pass by soldiers--they rub the stone to be shaped against another stone on which water has been poured. I also bought four stone finger rings. The Lolos are terrible beggars. They kowton or knock their heads against the ground and then ask you for money. We are in an inn tonight that would not take a prize for cleanliness. Stopped at Tsong Ba. Aug, 12. This morning we reached Yueh Shi early. At Ningyuenfu I had only secured a military escort appointed by the military officials because the escort appointed by the magistrates had been of little use on the way in [[underlined]] the [[/underlined]] ^[[to]] Ningyuenfu, and because I had a "pull" with the military authorities. I had a fine escort as far as Yueh Shi this morning, the military official was still asleep, and the custom is not to wake a high official, but wait till he wakes up. This official smokes opium and does not get up until in the afternoon. I could not not wait that long, so dealt with one of his subordinates. This person appointed only four soldiers to escort me, and asserted that that number was sufficient. I knew it was not, although it was not proper to tell him so. Today's journey was over one of the most dangerous sections this side of Yachow. After the military escort was appointed, I went to the office or yamen of the civil magistrate. Custom and law is that he must appoint an escort for a foreigner if it is asked. The magistrate was out of the city and I dealt with a subordinate. He was
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