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Nov. 8. Filled box no. 861, insects. We spent some time cleaning and oiling the guns, packing away the Smithsonian outfit, etc. 

Nov. 11. Filled boxes 862, insects, 863 Chinese wedding dress, 864 Chinese idols. 865-866, 867, crabs, box 868, bones (skeletons). Today I spent all the spare time I had packing. The Suifu officials gave a feast, inviting a few of us missionaries and the leading Chinese officials.

Nov. 12. Filled box 869, animal and bird skins. Mailed several packages, and purchased two birds. 

I am out of gasolene, and unless there is a gasolene for sale in the city, which I doubt, the night-moth collecting will have to cease. 

Yang-Fong Tsang is waiting until my successor arrives so we can make arrangements with him as to shipment of specimens. 

Nov. 14. Filled boxes 870-871, insects. 

Nov. 15. " " [[dittos for: Filled boxes]] 872, Museum specimens. Mailed four boxes of specimens. 

There was some formalin, some cyanide, and some arsenic for sale in the men's hospital. I have purchased it and stored it with the collecting materials. 

Nov. 17. Filled box 873, turtles, and 874, birdskins. 

Nov. 18. " " [[dittos for: Filled box]] 875, a Tibetan Rug for Doctor Wetmore. He can square up with the Smithsonian Institution. 

Nov. 19. Filled box 876, insects, 877 Museum specimens. Mailed several packages. I spent considerable time packing away and listing for the Smithsonian collecting outfit. 

Nov. 20. Filled box 878, leatherback turtles. 

Nov. 21. " " [[dittos for: Filled box]] 879, Tibetan wedding ornament. 

" " [[dittos for: Filled box]] 880, Tibetan charm box.