Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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rests firmly in the saddle, when they unload the pack is lifted down into a free fall. This method is very quick & quite Satisfactory and no roping is needed. I have never seen any such methods used anywhere else in the world. Went to Pages to dine. Collins wife Miss Angel & Canton Miss in the Pillsen. The method of packing beasts of burden is more convenient than any other I have ever seen. No packs straps even used on the rider saddle, the whole affair being kept in place by the crupper & mantingale. (8) At dusk we went out shooting on our 2th canals which is bordered by rows of cypress trees. Before the bats appeared we heard the squirrel calling & another shooting in the load.