Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
Page 143
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Few places - The country is decidedly rolling with small valleys & rather low rounded hills and small mountains. The crows or rather ravens met with on the road are exceedingly tame evidently they are never undeterred. You may pass within 10 feet of them & on the roadside in field or perched trees. The German Chinese were only shattering parties to ride apparently never casting them - The ravens are used only for breeding as far as we could see also birds. [11] Last night we made camp in a school house at 6.30 p.m. At noon, and temple textiles on top of the ridge overlooking a small valley about it was much full x small trees or five per rat, traps but caught only one rat. A sun squirrel at the spring in the morning. Burke camped