Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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some mounted mammals a rabbit, spotted civet, & a large hystric. In alcohol he had a black-tailed Porcupine, Albino, & young gibbon. In a cage he had a pure black gibbon. A house affection- te. No rodents were in this shop. A tame parrotette from the island was seen here. He was green & blue colored. He had stuffed francolins, Minas drogers, rollers, pheasants, etc. Our wife with the tour showed the street choices come from streets paved by granite overhanging roofs and small shops. The fruit that was grown; guavas, pineapples, large pears, logans, water- melons, but no coco nuts were seen either they grow many here. The chief export of the place are pigs which are shipped alive in baskets to Hong Kong. On the outskirts of the city is a large leper colony built on