Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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effect is quieter than the words. 6 The night was quite cool at Kaulianq very different from the last nights of Frachour. There are many houses, clif-built on the ridge summit. Many are protected on the NW side by heavy stone walls from typhoons which blow here very strong. Most of the houses are built below the crest a short way to protect against to avoid typhoons. The altitude here is 2500 feet. Rice fields & sweet potatoes are common crops in the village. Tigrers occassionally drop in the sphere. Teophants have been shot here, on one occasi- 5 were shot together apparently a family party; Bananas & pandtoes common.