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I have walked at the edge of so many precipices this trip that I am getting used to it, and it gives me no thrill. They have varied in height from 30 to 200 feet.

Aug. 20. With the three netters I travelled from Dong Men Wai to Li Fan. We crossed the river on a rope bridge. There is a draught which has dried up almost everything, with the result that today we got almost no specimens. This is a semi-arid district near the river level anyway, but this year it is just a little worse than usual.

Here at Li Fan I met the Brown family and Mrs. and Miss Hibbard from Chengtu.

Aug. 21. We travelled to Tsagulon, and found insects as rare as hen's teeth, and no uncommon birds or mammals. The altitude at Li Fan is 6200, and here it is 7200. We tried the night lantern and got few moths. This evening I witnessed a native folk-dance much like the Virginia Reel. The altitude at Tsagulon is 7200 feet.

Aug. 22. We reached Li Fan early, and wrapped up all the insects, filling Box No. 89. Insects secured between Dong Men Wai and Tsagulon, altitude 5600 to 7200 feet.

Today we got few specimens because of the very strong wind and the extreme dryness of the weather.

Aug. 23. We travelled from Li Fan to Dong Men Wai and there packed up for the trip to Wen Chuan Shien. We expect to arrive there tomorrow. I reckoned accounts with the landlord and others. Much of the time today there were few or no insects and no birds,