Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
Page 101
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Some white looned [illegible] above us, The Folo Hinters brought in another & Seron which had whitish legs like the second, They had slanted animal to bare through flones for them sides. The last seron met the dark shop or sirion was tasted very good quite equal to quail or mutten notwithstanding Mr Wm's statements that seron is coarse & tasteless. These animals we have tasted were all old & should be tough etc. The immelie must be very good meat. A shrike spblue a black & rufous bird slightly smaller than ours they are common here. A springstake was another bird which fell this quite like ours, The large white tailed jay or mutscaber fell victims also. On the early morning I heard a