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I did not have dinner or lunch today, but ate an occasional peach or cactus fruit. 

Aug. 20. Today, again, we did not see a single bird worth shooting. 

Today's journey was the hardest between Tatsienlu and Yachow normally. We are at Hua Lien Pin, altitude about 7700 feet. 

Today we got a moderate catch of insects. 

Aug. 21. We got an early start, and crossed the high mountain pass, Fei Yuen Din, before I ate breakfast. It looked like rain so with the pack animals, now increased to ten, hurried on to Li To. Here we found a great festival in honor of the Earth God, or Lord of the Earth. The streets and inns were packed, but we found a good inn where the collectors and I could stay, and another for the pack animals and their loads. We got about fifteen birds, mostly near the top of the mountain, and a few good insects. We had an escort of four soldiers. 

Aug. 22 It was exceedingly hot during the day, and the roads were very rough. 

During the day I noticed that there were indications that a storm was brewing. We therefore hurried along as rapidly as possible. With the pack animals I arrived at the inn at Chin Chi Shien just before the storm broke. In a short time there was a stream of water running down the main street of the town. The collectors were all drenched. Some of the coolie loads arrived after dark. None of the specimens was injured. 

I called on the magistrate and secured an escort for tomorrow. 

We got no birds, and few insects. 

[[strikethrough]]July[[/strikethrough]] ^[[Aug.]] 23. It rained most of the night, but ceased about daybreak. We therefore started on our journey over the Da Shiang Lin Pass. Later it began to rain very hard, and continued most of the day. All of us got badly soaked, but we made our stage, and have since dried out most of our clothes. The creek

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