Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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10th spent a quiet Sunday at the Cercel House. The government offices were all closed but the shops in the town were open + also the market. In the afternoon took a gerry + rode on to a village 5 miles away on the Teng Yeeh road. It's a tiger trapper lives. When we arrived the headman showed me a No 5 bear trap with feet jaws weighing about 15lbs which he uses for catching tigers. At the present time he says no tigers were about but when any come + kill cattle he set the trap for them thus caught 5 tigers by this means. The skins are