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became a roaring torrent. If one had fallen in, there would have been no hope for him. I have sent a messenger on to Yachow to engage a raft and let them know (at Yachow) that we are coming. 

I rode most of the day on a fiery little stallion. The road was exceedingly rough. The stallion fell a couple of times. 

Because of the bad weather, we got practically no specimens. 

[[strikethrough]]July[[/strikethrough]] ^[[Aug]] 24. Last night it rained most of the time, and it was still drizzling this morning at day break. The horsemen requested that we delay until it stopped raining. Since, at this time of the year, it sometimes rains steadily for days or weeks at a time, I told them that in view of the fact that it was not raining hard, we would have to go ahead. Fortunately, it ceased raining after a short time. We are at Ma Lin Tsang. We hope to get to Yachow early tomorrow afternoon. 

At Yong (or Yuin) Gin Shien I met the magistrate, a young man, He was very friendly, and detained me quite a while to discuss Chinese and international problems. 

We are using all three of the gasolene lanterns tonight to catch moths. 

We got a fair catch of insects today, but no birds or mammals. 

Aug. 25. We started early in a drizzling rain, and crossed the pass before breakfast. It rained practically all the day, and before dark developed into a hard, steady downpour. We reached Yachow about 3:30 P. M., uninjured. Three of the netters are using the gasolene lanterns on a nearby hill. I reckoned and settled up with the coolies and horsemen. I am being well entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Crook. 

The river is so high that the rafts have not recently been able to reach Yachow, so we may be delayed here a few days. 

Aug. 26. The river is still very high and no rafts have appeared. I

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