Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 154
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Transcription
The [illegible] hunter brought in dried skins 5 Sciurus (red bellied) Several shot in trees on the edge of the forest. 6 Sciurus (long tailed) A small white bellied squirrel the size & color of a Tupia was taken here for the first time. I shot one & the [illegible] another & came across on the road and was approaching camp but I mistake this one for Tupia. 7 Ins[illegible] (Tupia like long tailed) This was the commonest mammal in the woods. 8 Aproberrus (long tailed) Several caught in forest. 9 Aproberrus (gray) Like the last in occurrence. 10 Sing gray mouse - Like the last in occurrence. 11 Mole Runways of a small mole were often seen in the forest but traps set in them caught no moles.