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five ducks, besides a grebe. I saw several flocks of these large cranes. I also saw a large eagle of the same kind I killed near Yachow last year.

21. Reached Suifu early in the afternoon.

At Kiating I purchased a strange, large mole that was caught on Mt. Omei at the altitude of about 5000 feet.

Feb. 22. The skinner Ho has been busy skinning the large cranes. Their skins were oily, and it was a hard job.

I packed and labelled box 491, mammal skins; 492-493 bird skeletons; Boxes 494-500, birdskins; Box 501, mammal skins.

Feb. 23. Labelled the Mt. Omei mammals, also mammal no. 370. Labelled boxes no. 502-504, snuff bottles; boxes 505-506, mammal skins. 507 skeletons; 508 birdskins. 509, eel; 510 shrimp; 511 fish; 512, fish; 513 stuffed bird.

Feb. 24. Filled box 514, skeletons. Wrapped and mailed ten boxes of specimens. Purchased a large fish.

Feb. 25. Mailed six boxes, and wrapped and labelled seven others. Bought a large fish.

Feb. 26. I will quit buying large fish unless they are very special. They are quite likely to spoil in the hot weather which is coming on.

The postoffice is unwilling to accept packages over twenty lbs. in weight. I am therefore trying the experiment of cutting the largest fish into two pieces, and sending them in two separate boxes.

Filled box 515, skull of a wild boar. Boxes 516-518 , skins of wild boars.

Feb. 27. Filled boxes 519, 520, bones of wild boar. The carpenters are making boxes to put specimens in. Bought one fish.