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Oct. 3. The netter Lai watched the lantern until nearly daylight last night, getting a fair catch. There is no moon now, so that the lanterns are able to bring moths.

I bought two fish. They were brought to me  [[overwritten]]i[[/overwritten]] with the [[strikethrough]]a[[/strikethrough]]^[[e]]mphatic statement that they are red fish. One weighed about two lbs., and the other about thirty. They are two species. They are useful as specimens, but I am afraid that they were made red by soaking in bloo[[strikethrough]]k[[/strikethrough]]^[[d]]. I'll be more careful in the future.

Filled and labelled box no. [[underline]]439, insects.[[/underline]]

I took anthropometrical measurements yesterday and today.

Oct. 4. Filled and [[underline]]labelled box no. 440,[[/underline]] insects in formalin.

Oct. 5. A Major Gordan, a British subject, relative of Chinese Gordon, arrived in Suifu last night and went on this morning to N[[strikethrough]]ue[[/strikethrough]]^[[in]]gyuenfu, thence through Burmah. 

We have filled another box with night moths. This cold, cloudy weather we are spending all our energies getting night moths. It rains nearly all the time. When the full moon comes again we will not get so many night moths.

Labelled box 441, insects.
" " [[dittos for: Labelled box]] 442, bird and mammal skins.
" " [[dittos for: Labelled box]] 443, skeletons of mammals and birds.

Oct. 8. [[underline]]Purchased mammal no. 312.[[/underline]]