Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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See - 2d Dollar they come down of the beach, There are 3 or 4 of in this neighborhood but only 2 of tem have been seen thus far, The Chinese don't hunt them here but they are very shy nevertheless. The flesh is especially the galla said to be deadly to Chinese & the gall is employed by person people, or a dried on the & roasted & founds it much like turkey in flavor, just as dry & which quite indistinguishable. The tail feathers of the 8 are valuable to the Chinese for oom Range #10.00 Mex. 29 This morning Dan a band of 20 Mongass numbers but they all don't all come nearer than 750 yds. They were on the river margin in sand & leafless trees The valley of the Salween is quite without residents as the climate