Viewing page 18 of 39

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

18

stream that was above one's knees. We are spending the night at Gar^[[n 1]] Tsang^[[2]]. I met several Chinese friends when I arrived here.

Oct. 27. Lai caught practically no night moths last night. They did not seem to be there to be caught. 

This morning we had a very bad road. In some places there was deep, sticky mud. It was hard to keep from slipping on the damp stones.

Early in the afternoon we reached the Min River. We were twenty li from Gioh Chi, where we were to spend the night.

I shot a rare bird, and we stopped to rest. We heard rifle shots not far away. A man in^[[|]]civilian clothes came near us, and stood watching the river. We thought little of it and started on. Soon a boat came down-river. The men on it shouted to us that there were robbers just ahead, and that their boat had been robbed. A ferryboat had just landed near us. We got into it quickly and rowed to the other side of the river. We engaged a small boat to take us to Suifu, and arrived just before dark. On the way I shot at a flock of large cranes and sent one away with a leg hanging down. I'll take the journey to Gi[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]]^[[o]]h Chi later when the river is again free of robbers. Yang and Ho escaped with the collecting outfit because they were on the other side. We escaped by taking the ferry boat.

Oct. 28. I killed six birds, one a rare one. Lai secured a small catch of night moths last night

29. Rain all day.