Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
Page 76
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Transcription
As in the summer, Caldwell has never been charged by tigers. In one instance, 3 Chinese men charged after seeing a tiger + the wounded all 3 of them slightly, A tiger at Jinsing wounded 4 strong men after being rounded up by a hundred villagers. There are many other instances of tigers charging: A Chinese hunter at Mengyulong was charged & interceded after the tiger had been boldly approached by adjoining or more hunters. At among the tigers give in caves or can be driven into drugs. They are hunted in this way! the hunter crawling into the cave with a torch & starting the beast by shining it. Rat = Chiee Bat = Being-hope flat