Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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shooting with the rifle which made several shots before this one down, there was a half grain & with the canines not yet partaking beyond the other teeth. The stomach contained seeds of a yellowish berry & purple fruit & another fruit & green leafy pulp. Those 2 gibbons were quite noiseless & it was only by chance I saw this one. (6) No gibbons were seen by either us today, all the ones called in the morning. I shot a fine & other pheasant in the forest, the first we have obtained. This one flew past me & I shot it on cheering, chattering round another & was seen not far away stood a maned tree thrush & sprang at him but he flew away unharmed & I heard him calling later. There was one here & these few crows which were quite different, the 2 makes a crowing squeaking and rather peculiar. (7) No gibbons were secured at-