Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 164
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Transcription
I went down on the road or near side of the river to look for a large goat I shot at in the morning across the river but we could not find it. Going down the river further however saw 5 goats fleeing across on the other side at the same elevation as the road at 400yds distance. I shot 3 of these, 2 old f's & a old g. We then retraced our steps to the bridge & followed down the river to where the 3 goat had fallen down hill. One of the 7 s contained a large boiled fetus. All 3 had only leaves twigs in their stomachs. These goat were man open shot grass hillsides in plain view & were only bewildered by the shots owing to the distance. The two escaped finally in some cover but does of them