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   September 5, 1924. Walked 30 li to An Bien before breakfast. Three hundred houses were inundated at Nyan Bien (An Bien), of which about 170 were swept away.
   Eight birds, 536 - 543.

   September 6, 1924. Spent most of the day labelling specimen boxes. Got them practically all labelled.
   Mr. Franck of the Century Magazine arrived - a traveler and author, who has been through Yunnan and Szechuen. Mailed four boxes of specimens.

   September 7, 1924. Took a walk over the hills with Mr. Franck.

   September 8, 1924. Work around home, lots of Mission business.

   September 9, 1924. Mailed several boxes of specimens by parcel post.

   September 10, 1924. Mailed four boxes of specimens.

   September 11, 1924. Filled up two more boxes of specimens secured at Mt. Omei.
   Mailed four boxes of insects by parcel post.

   September 12, 1924. Received another letter offering to purchase all kinds of specimens at good prices.
   Mailed one box of specimens, insects, by parcel post.

   September 17, 1924. Sent netter Chen with nets and traps to collect and trap for about a month on the Yunnan Border, three days' journey south of Suifu on the high mountains where Chuan [[underlined]] Mian [[/underlined]] ^[[Miao]] aborigines are found. I may keep him working there until it gets too cold. I will go in for a short visit later.

   September 18, 1924. Mailed the last of the fifty boxes of specimens secured during the summer. All the specimens are now on their way to the National Museum, excepting those caught by the netter Ho - which will reach me later and which he secured near Chengtu and Kuanshien.

   September 20, 1924. My wife had a nervous breakdown. She will recover slowly.