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coldest weather being about 34 degrees F The mission school is situated on a hill overlooking the city, the buidings are large and roomy & fine shadetrees adorn the grounds. I saw here a laichi tree in fruit. It has small leaves and hardwood & looks like a holly somwhat. Many birds were seen in the trees. In the school they have a large collection of local birds made by a taxidermist in Fouchow. Mammals are also represented in the collection. Stopped with Kellogg in his house. We took dinner at the Y.M.C.A. a large new building across the river under Chinese management. 19 Went shopping with Kellogg after [[strikethrough]]dinn[[/strikethrough]] breakfasting with Jones the President of the mission. There are great numbers of birds in the trees at the mission, the [[digal?]] bird a sort of [[chick's?]] common, black magpies, & a large black robin are also common. I have never