Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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of Sahr Tacha at 7 AM Weather foggy cold. The road followed up the Tas Kripa (to river) to its source where we reached a small village on the cross road called Ta-fu-sson where the people were greatly disturbed by a robbery which had just occurred an hour previously on the road. Account of 40 robbers attacked a caravan of 8 mules & ten makhfun & stole ten bales of goods. The men of the caravan were ahead of Jado northwards. They left several loads of gummi which is also valuable at left the remainder. The place where the attack was made was shown with boards of wooden material & proper. We then met the chief muleteer who was in tears & had his arms bandaged & was much