Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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now alone his family in Seattle. His residence is nicely laid out with lawns, trees & flowers. He has a fine tennis court & play with some Chinese dogs every evening. These Chinese played remarkably well while we were watching them. The country here level for many miles now mountains being in sight. I saw no rice fields or terraces however, only flat fields of pastureage or potatoes, beans, nuts, etc. Tigers seldom come here but 20-30 miles inland they raid stock & people. deported from Pak Loi at 8:30 P.M., went out at 9 on a tour with the Her. & Capt. On the way out there was a remarkable, display of phosphores in the water, The paddles dipped set liquid silver as didth waves, at the side of the boat & in the wake, I have never seen any phosphorus so far more or brilliant. The Her. said this was a common affair here.