Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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coldest weather being about 34° The mission school is situated on a hill overlooking the city. The buildings are large & roomy & fine shade trees adorn the grounds. I saw here a cleari tree in fruit. It has small leaves & hard red flesh like a holly somewhat. Many birds were seen in pictures, In the school they have a large collection of local bird, made by a lady dentist in Topeka. Mammals are also represented in the collection. Stopped with Kellogg in his house. We took dinner at the Y.M.C.A., a long new building across the rich lander Chinese manage- ment. 19 Went shopping with Kellogg after dinner. Breakfasting with Jokes the President of the mission. There are great number of birds in the trees at the mission. The digest bird sort of chechi common, black magpies & large black Robin are also common. I have never