Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
Page 108
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"the steel traps on Black Waters I shot 3 of the whit bellied squirrels & one chipmunk. Both of these species are wanderers in habit for they never seen in places or Trees where I had passed many times on the days without seeing any. On the way down to B.C. near one of the forest ponds I saw a pair of Northern Pheasants & shot the F. I first heard them walking thru dry leaves then saw them running along a Saddlehill. The one I got was shooting heavy hemlock forest an it flew by alight on the ground. The Asuch Shan Chang hunter returned without any game but the two remained out. At this group are still in Kichiang. 15) at 5 p.m. it started to rain softly & continued until noon, then went over to