Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 170
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"[illegible]" to them and [illegible] [illegible] the mist land cross the river. 21 A trip over the cliffs did not produce any game so I beat out a hillside for minutes but failed there again. On the way back to camp I fed on the delicious yellow blackberries which grow by the roadside. There was a black sweet species growing here also which was new to me. Bushy [illegible] single roses of sweet fragrance, yesterday I saw a Tropica amongst the rocks of the river side, the first I have seen here. 22 It has been cloudy the greater part of each day but very little rain has fallen at Huiyao camp. This morning I came upon the Pufos Macaws but failed to hit any. There were some newly born up riding on their mothers backs. Several of the old's were very large. The flower season is now practically over the Rhododendron, other trees being