Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
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in the alpine meadows 20. Lemming libs mice & 10 large oared Sprolemmus no large rodents or shrews appear to live here, (14) Started at daybreak with the 4 hunters & 6 dogs to hunt sseron agoral. We ascended the mountain directly opposite camp & than when at 13,00 feet turned off and followed the flanks of the mountain. The dogs failed to bay any agoral but eventually at 9 AM I saw a goeral coming a meadow & disappearing into a wooded ravine. This animal was about 500 yds away so I didn't shoot. It was not not any great hurry but proceeded by short bounds or lopes, stepping at materials but showing no nervousness. Went on with one of the hunters but my dogs to find the goeral but failed. As we were searching another agoral