Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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After dark at 8:30 we reached the bungalow at Nam-tien. It was a large structure like a temple surrounded by high wall & having two courts. The building was two storied the lower floor used for cooking & luggage & the upper reached by a stairway having 4 bedrooms to a large dining room. The place was very clean & the wood new of a light brown color. These bungalows are only used by Europeans, the Chinese being excluded by a caretaker. The night was monotonous than Tommy Lynch & Donald Schmidt (2) At 6:30 we continued on our way down the Taipings valley keeping to the east side thru a