Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 178
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x Das - Wild boar most common here. but on Bhamo road near border 4 - Sambhur Cervus (Rusa) One shot by me near Wa-teen a fine & huge hard kg. 27 1/2 inch? This on us with a female both were driven out of forest by dogs, men as beaters. Shot as it ran up over an open field of buckwheat on a hillside. A single cow flashed that evening in Bambus edge forest. Next day the beaters drove at 5 but it stayed unseen by us. The following day a big herd under way for a deep wooded ravine but escaped before me got into action. None were ever seen still hunting at edge of forest but the natives and the sometimes saw them as daybreak on edge of clearings, 5 Ursus (Black Large) A large black bear is reported in the forested mountains. 6 Ursus (Black small) Far-shining One of the common black bear were bought in T. Sengyok in middle of April which were small & perhaps a month old. Later another pair were