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June 18. The netter Giang got few insects yesterday. Today is also not a good day.
     
Filled boxes 606, bones; 607 mammal skins, and 608 bird and mammal skins. I sent these boxes to the postoffice.
     
The postmaster told me recently that I mailed more parcel post packages than any other person in Suifu. This is due to the natural history specimens sent to the Smithsonian Institution.
      
I spent part of the time today packing. Giang got a fair catch of night insects.
     
Filled box 609, insects.
     
June 19. Worked on the new Coleman gasoline lantern which is working poorly. It improved a little.
     
June 20. Yesterday I went to Li Chuang. The netter got some night insects. We returned this morning. We spent all the time we had packing. It will hustle us to get through packing so as to get off Tuesday. Giang got a large black snake. Filled boxes 610, 611, insects.

The netter Lai has still failed to show up, and he is overdue. He may delay my getting to Mt. Omei.
     
June 21. Mailed three boxes of specimens. Purchased mammal no. 425. Lai arrived with a lot of insects. Boxes from Kuanshien, Szechuan, Chin[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]]^[[a]] I do not know the exact altitudes.  Boxes no. 612-629, arrived. Insects 630-638 water insects, etc. 639 insects in bottles.
     
The netter Lai arrived today, several days' late. He was robbed and relieved of a small sum of money on the way down the river.
     
He had eighteen boxes of insects (winged) and over 20 bottles full of water insects. The foreigner who was watching Lai at Chengtu and Kuanshien had him put too little formalin in the bottles, so some of the insects are practically