Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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Chinese have only one name for the several species of cats & are very poor naturalists. They don't distinguish many mammals by distinct names, ang.11) The Tigers hauled A.C. & K. returned today from the monastery across the mountains northwest any tigers. They were not able to lay goats & one day's sight of tigers without bait either at them or the traps, we came with a dog which they had used as bait for the large trap. Bearpuff hunted within range, down any the large Palyam sheep called numkhu in the monastery. 2) Nightvery hot & freezic without any breeze. We took up all the traps in the morning & packed the outfit for the