would have hurt himself, but he went on to his career and conducted negotiations success fully by means of signs + the few words of English that he had learned. We left camp at 5 o'clock in the morning of Aug. 30 for our ride into Ilija. Chen T'ang who looked good to us with them at the small cart loaded with specimens which we were to leave at A.T.M. Co's gardens, it was as perfect a fall day as one could wish - warm sun, cloudless sky & no wind. The grass had just begun to show a fringe of yellow mixed green but among the trees patches of vivid gold & red glowed in the sunlight among the darker green of the juniper species. Our day was as uneventful as the last time we travelled there, and had been freed of trouble + discomfort. The area where what was then swamps a series of mud pools was now hard dry ground. Even with the cart we made the 40 miles to Mai - ma - chen in one day + reached the manors house just at dark. There we found Mr. & Mrs. Sudauer who had come up for the water, and the manors hastily put us up for the night. S.D. had already arrived, having come by a short cut on the mts, + he'd gone on to visit Ilija. The following day we sent the cart on to Ilija & my 2 went on also. I found S.D. at Ahyasun and Sudauer but in both cases tiresome. There to my delight + intense surprise, I found