Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
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Mammals - Timber Lince Summa Nisi = Ssn Shan (long-yo) 1-Nemorrhodens (Yong-he) Solitary individuals were found living in the space foot attitude. live on limestone cliffs only. They apparently never leave the forest. We hunted them with dogs and then only when thus pursued. They elude the dogs by I running up and down steep cliffs at times around open grassy slopes. Sometimes they look refuge in caves or along of clips & fight the dogs, in one instance killing a dog when held at bay. No note of alarm or other evidence of enmity was observed to emanate from them. They were found from 12,000 feet to an altitude of 14,000 feet. 2 Capricornis (Sal-way) Also an inhabitant of the high grass from 12,000 - 13,000 feet elevation. Two were flushed in heavy prime forest by the dogs but & jumped down hill to the base but neither was sighted. Traces & piles of dung were seen past 4.