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DIARY NO IV (5)
Suifu, Szechuan, China,
October 13-1928 to February 14, 1929

Mammal No. 122 ) Mentioned in
Box 179, specimens) Diary No. III
Oct. 15. My trip to the district south of Suifu is delayed because of the coming of friends whom I must help get boats for a trip up the Yangtse to Kiating and Chengtu.

Today I saw a we[[overwritten]] i [[/overwritten]]^[[a]]sel in our yard, so I am setting many traps in the hope that I will be able to catch him.

Purchased two mammals, Nos. 123-124.

Oct. 16. Filled box 180, bird bones and artifacts. Secured two birds. Took two anthropometrical measurements yesterday and one today.

Oct. 17. Last night a weasel was caught in a steel trap, and he escaped with steel trap and all. The trap was not fastened securely enough.

Oct. 18. Filled boxes 181, 1/2 of dog from Chinese Han Dynasty tombs. 182, the other half of the dog, a large cake of incense.

Mailed all the boxes yet packed. Took three anthropometrical measurements, nurses in the women's hospital. Spent some time packing or the trip.

Oct. 19. Two boxes of specimens arrived from Yachow, and a letter from Chen Gih Uen saying that he is fully recovered in health, and is going toward Moupin. Mammals No. 125, 126. 127, 128.

A translation of a Buddhist book, A Simple Talk About Repeating the Name of Buddha, that I made last spring has been printed in the August and September numbers of the Chinese Recorder. I have recently sent to the Chinese Recorder a longer translation of a Taoist Sacred Book which is even more interesting.

Oct. 21. Dr. Morse, who visited the Smithsonian Institution a couple years ago, is in Suifu. He is interested primarily in anthropological measurements. Packed box 183, frogs from Yachow, 184, insects from Yachow, Box 185, Insects from Yachow.

Oct. 23. Dr. Morse started for Chengtu, and I left for Li Chuang by boat. I also travelled overland to Gi [[underlined]] Fien [[/underlined]] ^[[Tien]] Ba. Secured one bird.

Oct. 24. Secured three moles and one mouse. Went to Li Duan Tsang.

Oct. 25. Secured one mole and a snake. Went to Ngan Sin Chiao. Good weather. Numbered mammal skins 127-128-129-130. Took two anthropometrical measurements of Chinese. 

Oct. 26. Went 80 li to Chang Lin or Tsang Lin. Secured some insects and four birds. Passed a spot where a Chinese official was robbed yesterday. I planned to go

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