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June 22 - About May 2nd I sent the netter Zen to Kuanshien. About June 1 he started back to Chengtu. Meanwhile the Communists had started back to Kuanshien and had captured Mavchow and Weichow. Some soldiers mistook Zen for a communist spy and put him into prison where he remained for several days. It was with much difficulty that I got him free and the soldiers threatened to execute him as a spy. Later I sent Zen to Mt. [[underlined]] Omer [[/underlined]] ^[[Omei]] to collect on high altitudes until my arrival.

I am now collecting birds through Mr. A. P. [[underlined] Inventin [[/underlined]] ^[[Quentin]] of Kiating and expect to continue it during next year. I have been unable to send Ho out to collect because of the communists.

July 3 - I am starting for Mt. Omer ^[[Omei]] soon. A netter is working on Mt. Omer ^[[Omei]] now, and I'll have a man working there all summer. Just now I am very busy packing.

Exchange is getting lower and lower, so that I have less money to spend this summer than for many years. This compells me to do collecting on a smaller scale than I would otherwise do.

July 8 - We arrived at Shin Kai Shi at about 8:30 a.m. Zen has been collecting all over the mountain and says he has about 16 boxes of insects.

At the foot of the mountain a big military school is being built by the Chinese government. Generaliasimo Kian[[underlined]] j [[/underlined]]^[[g]] H^[[K]]iai Shih wants to bring his staff to this summer resort but he needs eight bungaloes and there are not that many to spare.

San is to come to Mt. [[underlined]] Omer [[/underlined]] ^[[Omei]] and spend the summer collecting here.

July 10-11- I am getting the netter Zen ready for a few weeks steady collecting on Mt. [[underlined]] Omer [[/underlined]] ^[[Omei]] at the higher altitudes netting and trapping. I will let Zen and San (the University student) work together, covering Mt. [[underlined]] Omer [[/underlined]] ^[[Omei]] intensively, especially on the higher altitudes.

With the skinner Ho I will do such work as I can on the Szechuan-[[underlined]] Zurman [[/underlined]] ^[[Yunnan]] border. I will be as economical as possible, so as to get more money (a balance) on hand for work on the China-[[underlined]] Ribetan [[/underlined]] ^[[Tibetan]] border as soon as the Reds get out and that border is workable.

Filled boxes 531 - 546, insects secured on Mt. [[underlined]] Omer [[/underlined]] ^[[Omei]], June and July 1935.

July 15 - This morning Mr. San arrived and I [[underlined]] have [[/underlined]] ^[[gave]] him his equipment and arranged that he and Zen should work intensively on the higher altitudes on Mt. [[underlined]] Omer [[/underlined]] ^[[Omei]] this summer. Then I went down the mountain and spent the night at Omeishien. Ho and I are going to the region south of [[underlined]] Sinpi [[/underlined]] ^[[Suifu]].

Generalissimo Kiang Kiai [[underlined]] Shels [[/underlined]] ^[[Shek]] is coming to Shin Hai Sheh within a day or two. Motor roads have been built to the base of Mt. [[underlined]] Omer [[/underlined]] ^[[Omei]] and the roads from there to Shin [[underlined]] Hai Sheh [[/underlined]] ^[[Kai Shih]] are being widened and improved a great deal. Today several loads of officials arrived from Chengtu to stay this summer at Shin [[underlined]] Hai [[/underlined]] ^[[Kai]] Shih.