Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 196
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"not planted until the corn in late May time. Too many has not been planted which is about a summer crop. I saw quite a number of red northern granger, a woody tree like bush. The berries were bright crimson, tasted well. Along the road side the common broad leaved bramble is in fruit, the small golden fruit being edible but not very delicious. 11 This morning I shot a fine old Sambar which came with 3 dogs drive from cover where I hunted last night. I hit the beast thru the shoulders at 40 yards as it ran thru a bean field, it ran over the hill here followed the blood spot & found pt dead in a forested ravine below the ridge. The bullet had gone clean thru both shoulders & chest follow the lungs with blood & sticks mistletoe sprain. The whole &