Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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return trip to Krochow. There was nothing caught in the traps except one spiny rat. I took several pictures of the monastery, the day during clear & bright. In the fields at the monastery they grow much indigo, the plant has the appearance of the peanut plant. The fruit trees seen at the monastery are a few pear + pomegranates. Rice fields in the monastery are planted to which from which they make their bread. Many fields are devoted to peanuts which are very small, size of peas only. In the afternoon at 3 P.M. we had a very heavy rain storm which lasted until 4:30 & was accompanied by much thunder + lightning. This prevented our apples from arriving so we could not get down to having long & trap catch cats on the small hill near the town. Caldwell says this