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{Mu cheng lives 40 li beyond & lower down than camp. new rat & 2 Microtus, one of which was very small (foot only 14 mm.) & new to us. (8) The night was cold with a heavy frost & some ice. The day was clear & warm without a breeze. A party of hunters came from the village 10 li away & hunted near camp for muntjac. A fox was flushed near A who was with the hunters. But by mistake he did not shoot at it. A muntjac was heard barking. More small mammals were secured. The proboscis shrew, silver mole, a Micromys Red bellied squirrel & in that afternoon a Tupia like insectivore with naked tail & mouse like terrestrial feet. (9) The night was clear & very cold with heavy frost & thick ice. It seemed the coldest camp in all China, colder than Hsiao-chung-tien where snow was abundant. Two more of the peculiar, Tupia-like shrews