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time, but in a day or two I'll run out of paper to wrap moths in and will have to buy local paper, which is very poor, and expensive.  We are getting the largest catch of insects this year that we have ever secured.

1/2  In order to make good in securing natural history specimens, I am spending all my time collecting, and taking no time for taking anthropological measurements.

July 12.  I spent the day climbing mountainsides, and forcing my way through dense forests with thick underbrush, practically all the time on ground so steep that it was difficult to walk.  Much of the time you could not see an animal fifty feet away from you for the underbrush.  We saw plenty of signs of animals, including the white bear, but not a single bear.  I got a pheasant, a common bird, and two birds of a variety new to me.  The pheasant is like the one I killed several days ago.

Yang Fong Tsang and Chen Gih Uen are working on the other side of the river.

I think some of the coolies have been stealing the rat-traps.  One disappeared today that was tied to a twig by a wire.

During the last few days we have been partly living on wild herbs that the natives call mountain vegetables.  One kind is a kind of a wild onion.  I have been eating wild strawberries also.

We are running completely out of foreign paper with which to wrap insects, and will have to purchase cheap Chinese paper.  It will not be easy to get even that.

July 13.  Last night was very cold and damp.  There was a heavy dew.  On account of the bright moonlight, we did not get many night moths.  This morning we moved down to the creek and are living very comfortably in a shed owned by an aborigine.  I spent the afternoon hunting in the dense woods, but, although there were many tracks, we did not see any wild animals.  We got a new kind of snake.  Yang Fong Tsang is still hunting on the other side of the creek.

The altitude here is 8600 ft.

We ran out of food this morning, but have now a good supply.

We are surrounded by dense forests.  There are many wild animals but it is nearly impossible to get to see them.

My handwriting in this diary is often poorer than it would otherwise be, because I am often so sleepy that I can hardly hold my eyes open, when I write in the diary.  We often work from daybreak until quite late at night.  The crystal of my watch is broken, so I have to merely guess at the time.

July 14.  In spite of the fact that last night was a "moonlight night," we got a very large catch of night moths, and the new netter Lai voluntarily stayed up until almost daybreak.  I woke up and sent him to bed.

The natives tell us that the best time to hunt wild mammals successfully is during the winter months when there are no leaves on the trees, and the animals can