being apparent. The Everyone + 8 child above 6 yrs has boundfeet in regulation Chinese style. 16-21 The time was spent packing specimens. Every day the weather was cloudy & each day or more a little rain fell on drying specimens. Has not been pleasant. Forrest the botanist was here until Thursday when he departs on his way to Tash Jen. His destination is Altyn Tagh & the country west of it, Melong. Sichuan divide. Thunberg flower this of the painting + between is a Bancheria or legume + not a Rhododendron he says. The lower tropical flora he does not know only the main flora. Several times his life has been in danger during his 13 yrs in China. At one time on the upper Melong near Wishi at the time of Genry's husband's wild expedition in Tibet, the Tibetans hunted his party down + killed