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July 22. Reached Kongshien about 1 PM. Met magistrate and local official at Cheo Jia Geo where I expect to collect first. Also met a Mao Chief. Spent part of the afternoon fixing nets etc. for the insect netting.
July 23. We got up at first break of day. The coolies have become very tired, and the road is bad, so I had to stop at Di^[[3]] Dong 4 Pae[[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]] ^[[?]] for the night. There is evidence of a regular cloudburst in this section. Roads are in bad condition.
It was cloudy all day, so there were not many insects. So far it has not been a good time for collecting.
After supper the educational director and the military officer of the town came and requested me to let the crowd hear the victrola, which I did. We had quite a long visit.
July 24. Reached Cheo Jia Geo. We are living in a temple used by the militia, and the town school is in this. Three months ago some building robbers raided this place, killed four, and wounded many, taking rifles and looting.
We got some strange butterflies.
In one place, a large stream comes out of the mountain side. There are lots of leopards around here, but they are hard to find. There are also bands of monkeys.
I went hunting and found nothing.
July 25. This morning I climbed a high mountain to hunt monkeys. I saw them but did not get a shot at them.
Then I went down the valley.
The four netters have to do only day netting because the moon is at its full and is shining all night. We are in bad luck for night moths, for they can not be caught by night lanterns when the moon is at its full.
Robbers made a road only five miles, 15 li, from here today and it is feared that they may raid this place soon. The militia is much excited. We'll have to clear out of here tomorrow afternoon; and seek a safer place in which to collect.