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spoiled. I have put stronger formalin in the bottles with the hope of saving the specimens.
     
We labelled and wrapped 28 boxes of specimens. I sent 18 of these to the postoffice, and will send the rest tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon I hope to label all those in which I added formalin, sending them to the postoffice Monday morning.
     
I regret very much that Yang Fong Tsang is not here. He is in many ways most useful man in the lot to have along and I will be handicapped without him. I spent a good deal of time reckoning with the collectors. I hoped to get the accounts worked out, and sent to the Smithsonian Institution, but will probably not succeed until after I start for Kiating. I'll probably have to work the account out while on the boat between here and Kiating.
     
June 22. Labelled boxes 640-649, insects secured in the water near Kuanshien, Szechuan, China, and 650, one mammal and one bird skin. 651, bird skeleton and animal skeleton.
     
This morning I got up before five o'clock and left at 5:15 for Beh Sou Chi. We got a few insects on the way. I noticed a peculiar black dragon fly that I have seen before at the large pond or small lake which is about 25 li from Suifu on the road from Suifu to Beh So[[strikethrough]]n[[/strikethrough]]^[[u]] Chi. I have seen it nowhere else. I have tried to catch this dragon fly before, but I think I always failed. Today I caught one and showed it to the netter Giang, and pointed out others fluttering over the lake. I later sent him back to the lake to get as many as possible. There seemed to be an unusual number out today. I promised him ten cents for every five he caught, as a special reward. He went at it with a vim. He took off all his clothing and waded deep into the lake. To my surprise he got thirty. I expect[[strikethrough]]ed[[/strikethrough]] to send them off soon.
   
Jun 23. Filled and labelled boxes 652-655, water insects from Kuanshien.
   
I sent all these packages to the postoffice, a total of forty-four boxes mailed in three days.