Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 107
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3 P.M. with a guide & his wife to the Peafowl hunts The place was a narrow valley filled by rice fields + forested on the sides While he were watching the sides 2 large olive mungoose when seen walking along the edge one after the other. They finally ran away + disappeared into a ditch before me could get within photograph range. The only game and seen near several jungle fowl + many large squirrel tailed doves. (13) In the early morning Jervas again to the Peafowl place but saw more all the still call was heard like that your domestic peafowl. Many francolin were heard calling in grass plains + several very flushed. A giant black hog cock was shot + one francolin in harpy eagle. (14) This morning in bright sunshine at 6 AM I saw a pair of large pole cats on a small rice field. They ran up a small path on the other when me.