Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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At noon, visited Ueno Park where the Nat. Hist. Mus. in Imperial Museum is located. This institution is old with dusty decayed walls x poor exhibits of mounted mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, also mummies, fetters, bats, tapirus, deer etc ! The zoo was also situated in the park + was badly arranged with small Cages + sickly animals. Many large trees grow in the park. On one side is a gigantic lily pond 1/ twice mile across. The Imperial Muniversity is nearby + has a large campus with many buildings. (29) Took the train for Kobe at 9 Am. from Yokohama. Many of the steamer passengers were on the train which made the