Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 158
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strongly, The rock formation is Luma + the quarry has a white deposit I suppose about it with some Melphun on the surface. This apparently a Quin [illegible] spring with some Liquor Melphun infused. Several stone both homes far as for 5+ them of have been erected nearby + water led them then Only 2 chimneys was falling but in the center great number come here pass prints there come thatch home look pro+ named up one of the walkers at night. We ascended the steep hill to the plateau where alders farms + thurkes give cover to birds + animals. Here we met the boy with the 4 pointers + our guns, with the dogs we strucked about them the ferns one. The first bird meet was a painted quail which the dog pointed well but I missed the shot. Later a ? pheasant was flushingly trailing the dogs but some shots and pheasants are shut in the breeding season.