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have filled in the time by arranging for the two hunters and the skinner Ho to go to Mupin, taking care of specimens, and repacking for Suifu. It has not rained today. One netter got a fine catch last night, but the others did not.

Aug. 27. It did not rain today, but the floods have continued unabated. There are therefore no rafts at Yachow. I spent the day getting the two hunters Yang and Wang and the skinner Ho ready to go to Mupin. I hope to get a good white panda skin that can be mounted. I have here a better one than I sent before. I hope also to get some good mammals and birds to make up past deficiencies.

I addressed a meeting of the local church tonight.

The handle of the Newton high-power rifle is badly cracked, and will have to be repaired before it can be used.

Aug. 28. Wrapped boxes 739-753, all winged insects. The rafts began to arrive, and I engaged a raft for Kiating. I put twenty large boxes on the raft, and packed so that I could leave for Kiating early tomorrow morning. There was no rain today, and the river is receding. The netters got a good catch last night, and some insects today.

Before I left Tatsienlu, Mr. J. Huston Edgar, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I., signed the following statement which is in my possession:

"The territory we have passed over is unsurveyed and practically unknown. Altogether it is the highest route of any extent on the frontier. Two, at least, of the passes are among the most elevated in this part of Tibet. Travelers have rarely recorded such high camps. The road on this side of the Ja-Ze-La might easily find a place among the worst on earth."

(Signed) J. Huston Edgar (F.R.G.S)