Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
Page 122
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Transcription
This was the first I had seen. All you palms were everywhere in the landscape. The natives use caribons for plowing fields. Often times great bulls are seen carrying a baby or child on their backs. The morning was rainy with a heavy down pour at 8 am. Weather cool with a good breeze during the morning. Birds also were the common small kitten which has white wings seen only when in flight. When static, it is a brown pete color difficult to see. The white necked rare are less common & are white headed brown feet. A small black crow bird inhabits pored rice fields. About the home corner of an area palms were planted. The ponds by the wayside were in places covered by breadfruit leaves & the large pink flowers. The women with amaranites were seen