Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
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also caught the 1st for this Camp, Shot a chipmunk in an other on a pine oak but it shaped. The old hunter & also them was returned without any game & the two tale of 2 lost dogs. The folk are still out. The white pine (P. Armandi) is abundant here. Have seen places near the village, north of Li Chiang where the cones have been broken open for extracting the edible seed. These are as large as our Paddles or Pinecones. The tree is dressed for tarmac which is obtained by placing one under the trunk, thus stimulating the flow of resin & later stopping the work at this spot & pot are cut out & used as torches being then loaded with resin. The common black pine is so similarly treated down. (14) It rained a little during the night in the morning it remained cloudy on the way over to