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Jan. 1, 1930. Last night we were out at a party all night. Lai brought in one rat, mammal no. 324.

Jan. 2. Two mountain mice caught by Lai today. Mammals no. 325-326.

Jan. 3. Lai caught two rats, and I bought a mammal skin, mammals no. 327-329.

The skin purchased was killed in the northern part of Yunnan Province. I got it at a very low price or would not have bought it.

Jan. 4. Purchased a large fish.

Jan. 5. Purchased a rabbit. Lai got two mammals. Mammal 329 was thrown away. Todays are numbered 329-331.

Jan. 6-8. Very cold weather with more snow. Purchased five more birds. One bird is a large crane. Mammal no. 332.

Jan. 9. Labelled boxes 487, skeletons, 488 birdskins, and 489, skeletons.

Purchased some fish and birds. Lai skinned a bird but made a poor job of it.

Jan. 10. Went to Shin Tsang, 70 li. Killed a strange hawk, and two strange small birds, besides others.

Jan. 11. Returned to Suifu. Killed several birds, most of them common. Last night there was a very heavy frost, and ice froze on the rice fields, something very uncommon.

Jan. 12. Lai caught one mountain rat. Mammal no. 333. Bought a young wildcat, mammal no. 334.

Jan. 13. Lai caught nothing.

Jan. 14. Mailed three packages of specimens. Lai caught a rat, mammal no. 335.

Hereafter I will have more difficulty in getting heavy boxes to Shanghai, as the postoffice can not receive anything over 10 kilometers. I shall have to