Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
Page 30
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rock as it goes nice to red soil & never weathers white like most limestones all tho it has the flinty texture of some limestone. (29) The night was rather warm mosquitoes abundant. They 2D net traps caught only 1 or 2 a large spring. Somewhat daylight it was raining, it continued to rain in showers all day. Soon after leaving camp we passed several Chumash trails situated in a deep valley. Most of the way lead over rolling or level sprucened mountain tops of plebeian. The trees were yellow pine & fir and they were separated by 30 yards or so & the ground was covered giving them a park like appearance. The country resembled that of San Mateo forests of Mexico & the San Pedro Martis of Lower California. No game animal or birds were seen in the forest. Antler was severely wounded,