Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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monkeys lived or I remained in camp being afflicted with indigestion. Weather hot to clear with cool breeze up the valley from the west. (9) Just before leaving Five Mangroves I took a walk near the River side & saw about dozen jungle fowl in various openings, with three shot a fine cock from a bamboo mat on which it perched when I flung it. Our road led back along the wandering river nearly to Mair Man - on other side of the valley & our rolling hills. No game was seen or monkeys heard. The hill country is cultivated, without forest except a few patches of brush. The only water we found for tiffin was a fool green slime pool used by buffaloes as a wallow, after tiffin we went on 2 hours & found other open nearly down grass plain with large pits holes into which the water drains. The rock over was ledges of gray limestone at, 5 P.M. we reached Moulai-lings.