Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
Page 137
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Hunted at Wilders, the French Course, Bridge & Mangham there & the French doctor has told me Mrs. was still in bed with broken ankle torn from a fall. Wilder has a good deal money been which is quite tame & in charge of a nurse. (7) Page of the Standard &d got us a pack train too also for. We sent as 15 packs to be deposited there. The method of packing animals used here is quite unique, the saddles have a wooden affair with cleats running transversely. The load are first lashed to a fixed frame on either & then the two packs with the tree are lifted into the saddle & fitted into the mouth of the cleats on the saddle tree. They swing wide over the pack while