Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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(7) The morning was only slightly rainy but continues-- mostly cloudy. At noon we reached another longbow exactly like the ones we have used there no tuk tuft, From here down the road left the hills+ travelled thru a level forest country of Gigantic slumps of bamboo Trees. Palms howeverly been seen occasionally + none have been larger than 15 feet high and were without a proper trunk. Tree ferns have also be rare + of medium size only, At 5 P.M. we reached Momork a Burnum village on the edge of the jungle. Several shops were seen here the houses were set on pile made of bamboo like those of the Philippines Many of the men here had thei