Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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Rabbits occur in Tongfou Pass also Jowenspires. Vountgas are common in all forest country. (2) Andrews caught several Spring mice in the mouse traps. We all went fishing at 9 a.m. in the pools of the [illegible] with small poison prepared by the Chinamen from vegetation. This poison is dark brown & granular sticky mess, it's added to the water stem or reeds tied to a pole. The fish are made sick & when or so they come to the surface where they are caught in nets by the Chinamen. Eels are common here & many small ones are cought of two sorts: green & black species. We caught also a banded, & 2 albino Redfinnows. Several species of otter-suckles were taken by Chinamen. Birds are not common. Western Spring fishers, a little white oriole & chickadee in the late afternoon we set 4 salt traps: [illegible] springs June drop on bait. The drops were tied to trees