Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
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but showed no other signs of life & lay perfectly still wherever placed, The serow was a fine large one + was about 300 lbs in weight. One horn was broken when it fell from the cliff after being shot. On the mountain slope where it rested was covered chiefly by long-cared fleisher pine. Some of the large cones had been split open by the natives for the large edible seed they contain. While I rested at game several parties of women came up the mountain to gather wood, others came to gather & braken ferns large immense bundles of which they carried back on their shoulders. During the afternoon we had several showers. 26 The day was very foggy with a misty rain some could not go serow-hunting on the mountain. The serow